Women in Congress, 1917-2020: Service Dates
and Committee Assignments by Member, and
Lists by State and Congress
Updated December 4, 2020
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Summary
In total 366 women have been elected or appointed to Congress, 247 Democrats and 119
Republicans. These figures include six nonvoting Delegates, one each from Guam, Hawai , the
District of Columbia, and American Samoa, and two from the U.S. Virgin Islands, as wel as one
Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico. Of these 366 women, there have been
 309 (211 Democrats, 98 Republicans) women elected only to the House of
Representatives;
 41 (25 Democrats, 16 Republicans) women elected or appointed only to the
Senate; and
 16 (11 Democrats, 5 Republicans) women who have served in both houses.
A record 131 women were initial y sworn in for the 116th Congress. One female House Member
has since resigned, one female Senator was sworn in January 2020, and another female Senator
was appointed in 2019 to a temporary term that ended in December 2020.
Of 130 women currently in Congress, there are
 25 in the Senate (17 Democrats and 8 Republicans);
 101 Representatives in the House (88 Democrats and 13 Republicans); and
 4 women in the House (2 Democrats and 2 Republicans) who serve as Delegates
or Resident Commissioner, representing the District of Columbia, American
Samoa, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico.
This report includes brief biographical information, committee assignments, dates of service,
district information, and listings by Congress and state, and (for Representatives) congressional
districts of the 366 women who have been elected or appointed to Congress. It wil be updated
when there are relevant changes in the makeup of Congress.
For additional information, including a discussion of the impact of women in Congress as wel as
historical information, including the number and percentage of women in Congress over time,
data on entry to Congress, comparisons to international and state legislatures, tenure, firsts for
women in Congress, women in leadership, and African American, Asian Pacific American, and
Hispanic women in Congress, see CRS Report R43244, Women in Congress: Statistics and Brief
Overview, by Jennifer E. Manning and Ida A. Brudnick.
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Introduction
On November 9, 1916, Jeannette Rankin (R-MT) was elected to the House of Representatives as
Montana’s Representative-at-Large to the 65th Congress (March 4, 1917-March 4, 1919). This
election win gave Representative Rankin the distinction of being the first woman elected to serve
in Congress.1 The first woman to serve in the Senate was Rebecca Latimer Felton (D-GA). She
was appointed in 1922 and served for one day.
Three hundred sixty six women have been elected or appointed to Congress.2 These figures
include six nonvoting Delegates, one each from Guam, Hawai , the District of Columbia, and
American Samoa, and two from the U.S. Virgin Islands, as wel as one Resident Commissioner
from Puerto Rico. Of these 366 women, there have been3
 247 Democrats and 119 Republicans;
 309 (211 Democrats, 98 Republicans) women elected only in the House of
Representatives, including 7 (4 Democrats, 3 Republicans) women who have
served as Delegates or Resident Commissioners in the House;4
 41 (25 Democrats, 16 Republicans) women elected or appointed only in the
Senate; and
 16 (11 Democrats, 5 Republicans) women elected or appointed in both houses.
A record 131 women were initial y sworn in for the 116th Congress. One has since resigned, one
was sworn in in January 2020, and one was appointed in 2019 to a temporary term that ended in
December 2020.5 This is higher than the previous record from the 115th Congress (109 women
initial y sworn in, 5 House Members subsequently elected, and 2 Senators subsequently
appointed). Of the 130 women currently in Congress, there are
 25 in the Senate (17 Democrats and 8 Republicans);
 105 in the House (90 Democrats and 15 Republicans); including
 4 women in the House who serve as Delegates or Resident Commissioner (2
Democrats and 2 Republicans), representing the District of Columbia, American
Samoa, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico.
The total also includes

1 Rep. Rankin served from 1917 to 1919 and from 1941 to 1943. Rep. Rankin was also the only Member of Congress to
vote against America’s entry into both World Wars.
2 Information in this report is current through December 4, 2020.
T hroughout this report, House and Senate totals each include one woman elected but not sworn in or seated due to the
House or Senate being out of session. Both women are included in various of ficial congressional publications,
including, for example, the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (http://bioguide.congress.gov),
“Women in Congress” (http://history.house.gov/Exhibition-and-Publications/WIC/Women-in-Congress) and “Senators
of the United States 1789-present: a chronological list of senators since the First Congress in 1789,” maintained by the
Senate Historical Office (http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/resources/pdf/chronlist.pdf).
3 For additional information on the women who have served in Congress, please refer to “Women in Congress,”
http://history.house.gov/Exhibition-and-Publications/WIC/Women-in-Congress/. T his website is maintained by the
U.S. House of Representatives’ Office of the Historian and Office of Art and Archives and is frequently updated.
4 T he total number of female Members of the House includes one Delegate to the House of Representatives from
Hawaii prior to statehood, one from the District of Columbia, one from Guam, two from the U.S. Virgin Islands, one
from American Samoa, and one Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico.
5 One woman House Member resigned in November 2019, one woman Senator was appointed in January 2 019 to a
temporary term that ended in December 2020, and another female Senator was appointed in January 2020.
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 25 African American women, 10 Asian Pacific American women, 15 Hispanic
women, and 2 Native American women; and
 6 women who chair House committees, 1 woman who chairs a Senate standing
committee, 1 woman who chairs a House select committee, and 1 woman who
chairs a Senate select committee. One of the House committee chairs also chairs
a Joint Committee.
Other notable facts about women in the 116th Congress include the following:
 Not including Delegates and the Resident Commissioner, women currently hold
101 (23.2%) seats in the House of Representatives and 25 (25%) seats in the
Senate, totaling 126(23.6%) of the 535 voting seats in the 116th Congress.
 Including Delegates and the Resident Commissioner, women currently hold 105
seats in the House of Representatives, increasing the total to 130 seats (24.0%) in
the entire Congress.
This report includes brief biographical information, committee assignments, dates of service,
listings by Congress and state, and (for Representatives) congressional districts of the 365 women
who have been elected or appointed to Congress. It wil be updated when there are relevant
changes in the makeup of Congress.
For additional information, including a discussion of the impact of women in Congress as wel as
historical information, including the number and percentage of women in Congress over time,
data on entry to Congress, comparisons to international and state legislatures, tenure, firsts for
women in Congress, women in leadership, and African American, Asian Pacific American,
Hispanic, and Native American women in Congress, see CRS Report R43244, Women in
Congress: Statistics and Brief Overview, by Jennifer E. Manning and Ida A. Brudnick.
Tables and Data
The lists and tables that follow provide information on women Members of Congress, including
the dates they were first elected or appointed, the Congresses in which they served, the
committees on which they served, and, where relevant, the committees they chaired or served on
as ranking Member.
Table 1 lists al the women who have served in each Congress, by Congress. Table 2 lists the
women Members of Congress, by state. Table 3 provides the total number of women in each
Congress.
Most of the data presented are from the
 Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-present, available at
http://bioguide.congress.gov;
 various editions of the Congressional Directory;
 Congressional Quarterly and Leadership Directories Inc. publications; and
 Women in Congress website, at http://womenincongress.house.gov, maintained
by the House of Representatives’ Office of the Historian and the Office of Art
and Archives, Office of the Clerk.
The 116th Congress committee assignments sources are the
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 House, Official Alphabetical List of the Members with Committee Assignments in
the 116th Congress, available from the Clerk of the House’s website at
http://clerk.house.gov/committee_info/oal.aspx; and
 Senate, Committee Assignments of the 116th Congress, available at the Senate
website at http://www.senate.gov/general/committee_assignments/
assignments.htm.
The names and jurisdiction of House and Senate committees have changed many times over the
years. In the interest of brevity, this report does not identify al historical name changes. The
committee names listed are for the most part those in effect at the time a Member served on the
panel.
Alphabetical Listing, Including Dates of Service and
Committee Assignments6
ABEL, HAZEL HEMPEL. Republican; Nebraska, Senator. Elected to the 83rd Congress to fil
the vacancy caused by the death of Dwight P. Griswold and fil ed in the interim by Eva Bowring.
(served Nov. 8, 1954, until her resignation Dec. 31, 1954)
Committee assignments:
 S. Finance (83rd Congress)
 S. Interstate and Foreign Commerce (83rd Congress)
ABZUG, BELLA S. Democrat; New York, 19th District (92nd Congress) and 20th District (93rd-
94th Congresses). Elected to the 92nd-94th Congresses. (served Jan. 3, 1971-Jan. 3, 1977)
Committee assignments:
 H. Government Operations (92nd-94th Congresses)
 H. Public Works (92nd-94th Congresses)
ADAMS, ALMA S. Democrat; North Carolina, 12th District. Elected to the 113th Congress to fil
the vacancy caused by the resignation of Melvin L. Watt, and also elected to the 114th-116th
Congresses. (served Nov. 4, 2014-present)
Committee assignments:
 H. Agriculture (114th-116th Congresses)
 H. Education and the Workforce/Education and Labor (114th-116th Congresses)
 H. Smal Business (114th-115th Congresses)
 H. Financial Services (116th Congress)

6 Prior to the adoption of the T wentieth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, effective Oct. 15, 1933, the terms of
Representatives and Senators began on March 4, in conformance with a resolution of the Continental Congress
implementing the Constitution (adopted Sept. 13, 1788). T he T wentieth Amendment provides inter alia that the terms
of Representatives and Senators shall commence at noon on January 3, in the year following their election. T he first
Congress affected by the T wentieth Amendment was the 74 th (1935-1937). Members elected to fill a vacancy are sworn
in and commence their terms as soon as possible, as do Senators appointed to fill a vacancy.
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ADAMS, SANDY. Republican; Florida, 24th District. Elected to the 112th Congress. (served Jan.
3, 2011-Jan. 3, 2013)
Committee assignments:
 H. Judiciary (112th Congress)
 H. Science, Space and Technology (112th Congress)
ALLEN, MARYON PITTMAN. Democrat; Alabama, Senator. Appointed to the 95th Congress
June 8, 1978, to fil vacancy caused by the death of husband James B. Al en. (served June 12,
1978-Jan. 3, 1979)
Committee assignments:
 S. Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (95th Congress)
 S. Judiciary (95th Congress)
ANDREWS, ELIZABETH B. Democrat; Alabama, 3rd District. Elected to the 92nd Congress in
an April 4, 1972, special election to fil vacancy caused by the death of husband George W.
Andrews. (served April 10, 1972-Jan. 3, 1973)
Committee assignment:
 H. Post Office and Civil Service (92nd Congress)
ASHBROOK, JEAN. Republican; Ohio, 17th District. Elected to the 97th Congress in a June 29,
1982, special election to fil vacancy caused by the death of husband John M. Ashbrook. (served
July 12, 1982-Jan. 3, 1983)
Committee assignment:
 H. Merchant Marine and Fisheries (97th Congress)
AMATA, AUMUA. See RADEWAGEN, AUMUA AMATA COLEMAN.
AXNE, CYNTHIA. Democrat; Iowa, 3rd District. Elected to the 116th Congress. (served Jan. 3,
2019-present)
Committee assignments:
 H. Financial Services (116th Congress)
 H. Agriculture (116th Congress)
AYOTTE, KELLY. Republican; New Hampshire, Senator. Elected in 2010. (served Jan. 3, 2011-
Jan. 3, 2017)
Committee assignments:
 S. Armed Services (112th-114th Congresses)
 S. Budget (112th-114th Congresses)
 S. Commerce, Science and Transportation (112th-114th Congresses)
 S. Smal Business and Entrepreneurship (112th-114th Congresses)
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 S. Special Aging (112th-113th Congresses)
 S. Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (113th-114th Congresses)
BACHMANN, MICHELE. Republican; Minnesota, 6th District. Elected to the 110th-113th
Congresses. (served Jan. 3, 2007-Jan. 3, 2015)
Committee assignments:
 H. Financial Services (110th-113th Congresses)
 H. Intel igence (112th-113th Congresses)
BAKER, IRENE BAILEY. Republican; Tennessee, 2nd District. Elected to the 88th Congress in a
March 10, 1964, special election, to fil vacancy caused by the death of husband Howard H.
Baker, Sr. (served March 10, 1964-Jan. 3, 1965)
Committee assignment:
 H. Government Operations (88th Congress)
BAKER, NANCY KASSEBAUM. See KASSEBAUM, NANCY LANDON.
BALDWIN, TAMMY. Democrat; Wisconsin, 2nd District. Elected to the 106th-112th Congresses
(served in House Jan. 3, 1999-Jan. 3, 2013). Subsequently elected to the Senate in 2012 and
reelected in 2018. (served in Senate Jan. 3, 2013-present)
Committee assignments:
 H. Budget (106th-108th Congresses)
 H. Judiciary (106th-111th Congresses)
 H. Energy and Commerce (109th-112th Congresses)
 S. Budget (113th-114th Congresses)
 S. Energy (113th Congresses)
 S. Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (113th-114th Congresses)
 S. Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (113th-116th Congresses)
 S. Special Aging (113th Congress)
 S. Appropriations (114th-116th Congresses)
 S. Commerce, Science and Transportation (115th-116th Congresses)
BARRÁGAN, NANETTE DIAZ. Democrat; California, 44th District. Elected to the 115th-116th
Congresses. (served Jan. 3, 2017-present)
Committee assignments:
 H. Homeland Security (115th-116th Congresses)
 H. Natural Resources (115th Congress)
 H. Energy and Commerce (116th Congress)
 H. Natural Resources (116th Congress)
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BASS, KAREN. Democrat; California, 33rd (112th Congress) and 37th District (113th Congress-
present). Elected to the 112th-116th Congresses. (served Jan. 3, 2011-present). Chair of the
Congressional Black Caucus, 116th Congress.
Committee assignments:
 H. Budget (112th Congress)
 H. Foreign Affairs (112th-116th Congresses)
 H. Judiciary (113th-116th Congresses)
BEAN, MELISSA L. Democrat; Il inois, 8th District. Elected to the 109th-111th Congresses.
(served Jan. 3, 2005-Jan. 3, 2011)
Committee assignments:
 H. Financial Services (109th-111th Congresses)
 H. Smal Business (109th-111th Congresses)
BEATTY, JOYCE. Democrat; Ohio, 3rd District. Elected to the 113th-116th Congresses. (served
Jan. 3, 2013-present)
Committee assignments:
 H. Financial Services (113th-116th Congresses)
 Jt. Economic (116th Congress)
BENTLEY, HELEN DELICH. Republican; Maryland, 2nd District. Elected to the 99th-103rd
Congresses. (served Jan. 3, 1985-Jan. 3, 1995)
Committee assignments:
 H. Merchant Marine and Fisheries (99th-103rd Congresses)
 H. Public Works and Transportation (99th, 100th, and 102nd Congresses)
 H. Select Aging (99th-102nd Congresses)
 H. Budget (101st-102nd Congresses)
 H. Appropriations (103rd Congress)
BERKLEY, SHELLEY. Democrat; Nevada, 1st District. Elected to the 106th-112th Congresses.
(served Jan. 3, 1999-Jan. 3, 2013)
Committee assignments:
 H. Smal Business (106th Congress)
 H. Transportation and Infrastructure (106th-109th Congresses)
 H. Veterans’ Affairs (106th-110th Congresses)
 H. International Relations (107th-109th Congresses)
 H. Foreign Affairs (111th Congress)
 H. Ways and Means (110th-112th Congresses)
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BIGGERT, JUDY. Republican; Il inois, 13th District. Elected to the 106th-112th Congresses.
(served Jan. 3, 1999-Jan. 3, 2013)
Committee assignments:
 H. Banking and Financial Services (106th Congress)
 H. Government Reform (106th Congress)
 H. Financial Services (107th-112th Congresses)
 H. Science/Science and Technology/Science, Space and Technology (106th-112th
Congresses)
 H. Education and the Workforce/and Labor (107th-112th Congresses)
 H. Standards of Official Conduct (107th-109th Congresses)
BLACK, DIANE. Republican; Tennessee, 6th District. Elected to the 112th-115th Congresses.
(served Jan. 3, 2011-Jan. 3, 2019)
Committee assignments:
 H. Budget (112th-115th Congresses; chair, 115th Congress, 1st session)
 H. Ways and Means (112th-115th Congresses)
BLACKBURN, MARSHA. Republican; Tennessee, 7th District, and Senator. Elected to the
108th-115th Congresses. (served in House Jan. 3, 2003-Jan. 3, 2019). Subsequently elected to the
Senate in 2018. (served in Senate Jan. 3, 2019-present)
Committee assignments:
 H. Education and the Workforce (108th Congress)
 H. Government Reform (108th Congress)
 H. Judiciary (108th Congress)
 H. Energy and Commerce (109th-115th Congresses)
 H. Select Energy Independence and Global Warming (111th Congress)
 H. Budget (113th-114th Congresses)
 S. Armed Services (116th Congress)
 S. Commerce, Science and Transportation (116th Congress)
 S. Judiciary (116th Congress)
 S. Veterans’ Affairs (116th Congress)
BLITCH, IRIS FAIRCLOTH. Democrat; Georgia, 8th District. Elected to the 84th-87th
Congresses. (served Jan. 3, 1955-Jan. 3, 1963)
Committee assignment:
 H. Public Works (84th-87th Congresses)
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BLUNT ROCHESTER, LISA. Democrat; Delaware, At Large. Elected to the 115th-116th
Congresses. (served Jan. 3, 2017-present)
Committee assignments:
 H. Agriculture (115th Congress)
 H. Education and the Workforce (115th Congress)
 H. Energy and Commerce (116th Congress)
BOGGS, CORINNE C. (LINDY). Democrat; Louisiana, 2nd District. Elected to the 93rd
Congress in a March 20, 1973, special election to fil vacancy caused by the death of husband
Thomas Hale Boggs, Sr.; reelected to the 94th-101st Congresses. (served March 27, 1973-Jan. 3,
1991)
Committee assignments:
 H. Banking and Currency/Banking, Currency, and Housing (93rd-94th
Congresses)
 H. House Administration (94th Congress)
 H. Appropriations (95th-101st Congresses)
 H. Select Children, Youth, and Families (99th-101st Congresses)
 Jt. Bicentennial Arrangements (94th Congress; chair)
 Commission of the Bicentenary of the U.S. House (chair, 99th-100th Congresses)
BOLAND, VERONICA GRACE. Democrat; Pennsylvania, 11th District. Elected to the 77th
Congress, to fil vacancy caused by the death of husband Patrick J. Boland. (served Nov. 19,
1942-Jan. 3, 1943)
No committee assignments listed.
BOLTON, FRANCES PAYNE. Republican; Ohio, 22nd District. Elected to the 76th Congress in
a Feb. 27, 1940, special election to fil vacancy caused by death of husband Chester C. Bolton;
reelected to the 77th-90th Congresses. (served March 5, 1940-Jan. 3, 1969)
Committee assignments:
 H. Election of President, Vice President, and Representatives in Congress (76th
Congress)
 H. Expenditures in Executive Departments (76th Congress)
 H. Foreign Affairs (77th-90th Congresses; ranking member, 88th-90th Congresses)
BONAMICI, SUZANNE. Democrat; Oregon, 1st District. Elected to the 112th Congress in a Jan.
31, 2012, special election to fil vacancy caused by resignation of David Wu; reelected to the
113th-116th Congresses. (served Feb. 7, 2012-present)
Committee assignments:
 H. Budget (112th Congress)
 H. Science, Space and Technology (112th-116th Congresses)
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 H. Education and the Workforce/Education and Labor (113th-116th Congresses)
 H. Select Committee on the Climate Crisis (116th Congress)
BONO MACK, MARY. Republican; California, 44th District (105th-107th Congresses) and 45th
District (108th-112th Congresses). Elected to the 105th Congress in an April 7, 1998, special
election to fil vacancy caused by the death of husband Sonny Bono; reelected to the 106th-112th
Congresses. (served April 20, 1998-Jan. 3, 2013)
Committee assignments:
 H. National Security (105th Congress)
 H. Judiciary (105th-106th Congresses)
 H. Armed Services (106th Congress)
 H. Smal Business (106th Congress)
 H. Energy and Commerce (107th-112th Congresses)
BORDALLO, MADELEINE Z. Democrat; Delegate from Guam. Elected to the 108th-115th
Congresses. (served Jan. 3, 2003-Jan. 3, 2019)
Committee assignments:
 H. Armed Services (108th-115th Congresses)
 H. Resources/Natural Resources (108th-115th Congresses)
 H. Smal Business (108th-109th Congresses)
BOSONE, REVA ZILPHA BECK. Democrat; Utah, 2nd District. Elected to the 81st and 82nd
Congresses. (served Jan. 3, 1949-Jan. 3, 1953)
Committee assignments:
 H. Public Lands (81st Congress)
 H. Administration (82nd Congress)
 H. Interior and Insular Affairs (82nd Congress)
BOWRING, EVA KELLY. Republican; Nebraska, Senator. Appointed to the Senate April 16,
1954, to fil vacancy caused by death of Dwight Griswold. (served April 16-Nov. 8, 1954)
Committee assignments:
 S. Interstate and Foreign Commerce (83rd Congress)
 S. Labor and Public Welfare (83rd Congress)
 S. Post Office and Civil Service (83rd Congress)
BOYDA, NANCY. Democrat; Kansas, 2nd District. Elected to the 110th Congress. (served Jan. 3,
2007-Jan. 3, 2009)
Committee assignments:
 H. Agriculture (110th Congress)
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 H. Armed Services (110th Congress)
BOXER, BARBARA. Democrat; California, 6th District. Elected to the 98th-102nd Congresses
(served in House Jan. 3, 1983-Jan. 3, 1993). Subsequently elected to the Senate in 1992 and
reelected in 1998, 2004, and 2010. (served in Senate Jan. 5, 1993-Jan. 3, 2017)
Committee assignments:
 H. Merchant Marine and Fisheries (98th Congress)
 H. Government Operations (98th-102nd Congresses)
 H. Budget (99th-101st Congresses)
 H. Select Children, Youth, and Families (99th-102nd Congresses)
 H. Armed Services (102nd Congress)
 S. Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (103rd-105th Congresses)
 S. Budget (103rd-106th Congresses)
 S. Environment and Public Works (103rd-114th Congresses; chair, 110th-113th
Congresses; ranking member, 114th Congress)
 S. Appropriations (105th Congress)
 S. Foreign Relations (106th-114th Congresses)
 S. Commerce, Science, and Transportation (107th-113th Congresses)
 S. Select Ethics (110th-114th Congresses; chair, 110th-113th Congresses; vice chair,
114th Congress)
BROOKS, SUSAN. Republican; Indiana, 5th District. Elected to the 113th-116th Congresses.
(served Jan. 3, 2013-present)
Committee assignments:
 H. Education and the Workforce (113th Congress)
 H. Ethics (113th-115th Congresses; chair, 115th Congress)
 H. Homeland Security (113th Congress)
 H. Select Terrorist Attack in Benghazi (113th-114th Congresses)
 H. Energy and Commerce (114th-116th Congresses)
 H. Select Modernization of Congress (116th Congress)
BROWN, CORRINE. Democrat; Florida, 3rd District (103rd-112th Congresses), 5th District
(113th-114th Congress). Elected to the 103rd-114th Congresses. (served Jan. 3, 1993-Jan. 3, 2017)
Committee assignments:
 H. Government Operations (103rd Congress)
 H. Public Works and Transportation (103rd Congress)
 H. Transportation and Infrastructure (104th-114th Congresses)
 H. Veterans’ Affairs (103rd-114th Congresses; ranking member, 114th Congress)
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BROWN-WAITE, GINNY. Republican; Florida, 5th District. Elected to the 108th-111th
Congresses. (served Jan. 3, 2003-Jan. 3, 2011)
Committee assignments:
 H. Budget (108th-109th Congresses)
 H. Financial Services (108th-110th Congresses)
 H. Veterans Affairs (108th-110th Congresses)
 H. Homeland Security (109th-110th Congresses)
 H. Ways and Means (111th Congress)
BROWNLEY, JULIA. Democrat; California, 26th District. Elected to the 113th-116th Congresses.
(served Jan. 3, 2013-present)
Committee assignments:
 H. Education and the Workforce (113th Congress)
 H. Science and Technology (113th Congress)
 H. Transportation and Infrastructure (114th-116th Congresses)
 H. Veterans’ Affairs (114th-116th Congresses)
 H. Select Committee on the Climate Crisis (116th Congress)
BUCHANAN, VERA DAERR. Democrat; Pennsylvania, 30th District. Elected to the 82nd
Congress in a July 24, 1951, special election to fil vacancy caused by death of husband Frank
Buchanan; reelected to the 83rd-84th Congresses. (served August 1, 1951, until her death Nov. 26,
1955)
Committee assignments:
 H. Merchant Marine and Fisheries (82nd Congress, 1st session)
 H. Veterans’ Affairs (82nd Congress, 1st session)
 H. Public Works (82nd Congress, 2nd session-83rd Congress)
 H. Banking and Currency (84th Congress)
BUERKLE, ANN MARIE. Republican; New York, 25th District. Elected to the 112th Congress.
(served Jan. 3, 2011-Jan. 3, 2013)
Committee assignments:
 H. Foreign Affairs (112th Congress)
 H. Oversight and Government Reform (112th Congress)
 H. Veterans’ Affairs (112th Congress)
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BURDICK, JOCELYN BIRCH. Democrat; North Dakota, Senator. Appointed to Senate Sept.
12, 1992, to fil vacancy caused by death of husband Quentin Burdick. (served Sept. 16, 1992-
Dec. 4, 1992)
Committee assignment:
 S. Environment and Public Works (102nd Congress)
BURKE, YVONNE BRATHWAITE. Democrat; California, 37th District. Elected to the 93rd-
95th Congresses. (served Jan. 3, 1973-Jan. 3, 1979). First female Chair of the Congressional Black
Caucus, 94th Congress.
Committee assignments:
 H. Public Works (93rd Congress)
 H. Interior and Insular Affairs (93rd Congress)
 H. Appropriations (94th-95th Congresses)
 H. Select Committee on the House Beauty Shop (chair, 94th-95th Congresses)
BURTON, SALA. Democrat; California, 5th District. Elected to the 98th Congress in a June 21,
1983, special election, to fil vacancy caused by death of husband Phil ip Burton; reelected to the
99th-100th Congresses. (served June 28, 1983, until her death Feb. 1, 1987)
Committee assignments:
 H. Education and Labor (98th Congress)
 H. Interior and Insular Affairs (98th Congress)
 H. Select Committee on Hunger (98th-99th Congresses)
 H. Rules (99th-100th Congresses)
BUSHFIELD, VERA CAHALAN. Republican; South Dakota, Senator. Appointed to the Senate
Oct. 6, 1948, to fil vacancy caused by death of husband Harlan J. Bushfield; resigned Dec. 26,
1948. (served Oct. 6, 1948-Dec. 26, 1948)
No committee assignments listed.
BUSTOS, CHERI. Democrat; Il inois, 17th District. Elected to the 113th-116th Congresses.
(served Jan. 3, 2013-present)
Committee assignments:
 H. Agriculture (113th-116th Congresses)
 H. Transportation and Infrastructure (113th-115th Congresses)
 H. Appropriations (116th Congress)
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BYRNE, LESLIE. Democrat; Virginia, 11th District. Elected to the 103rd Congress. (served Jan.
3, 1993-Jan. 3, 1995)
Committee assignments:
 H. Post Office and Civil Service (103rd Congress)
 H. Public Works and Transportation (103rd Congress)
BYRON, BEVERLY BARTON BUTCHER. Democrat; Maryland, 6th District. Elected to the
96th Congress to fil vacancy caused by death of husband Goodloe E. Byron; reelected to the 97th-
102nd Congresses. (served Jan. 3, 1979-Jan. 3, 1993)
Committee assignments:
 H. Armed Services (96th-102nd Congresses)
 H. Select Committee on Aging (96th-102nd Congresses)
 H. Interior and Insular Affairs (97th-102nd Congresses)
BYRON, KATHARINE EDGAR. Democrat; Maryland, 6th District. Elected to the 77th
Congress in a May 27, 1941, special election to fil vacancy caused by death of husband Wil iam
Devereux Byron. (served June 11, 1941-Jan. 3, 1943)
Committee assignments:
 H. Civil Service (77th Congress)
 H. War Claims (77th Congress)
CANTWELL, MARIA. Democrat; Washington, 1st District. Elected to the 103rd Congress
(served in House Jan. 3, 1993-Jan. 3, 1995). Subsequently elected to the Senate in 2000 and
reelected in 2006, 2012, and 2018. (served in Senate Jan. 3, 2001-present)
Committee assignments:
 H. Foreign Affairs (103rd Congress)
 H. Merchant Marine and Fisheries (103rd Congress)
 H. Public Works and Transportation (103rd Congress)
 S. Judiciary (107th Congress)
 S. Energy and Natural Resources (107th-116th Congresses; ranking member,
114th-115th Congresses)
 S. Smal Business and Entrepreneurship (107th-116th Congresses; chair, 113th
Congress, 2nd session)
 S. Indian Affairs (107th-116th Congresses; chair, 113th Congress, 1st session)
 S. Commerce, Science, and Transportation (108th-116th Congresses; ranking
member, 116th Congress)
 S. Finance (110th-116th Congresses)
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CAPITO, SHELLEY MOORE. Republican; West Virginia, 2nd District; Senator. Elected to the
107th-113th Congresses. (served in House Jan. 3, 2001-Jan. 3, 2015). Subsequently elected to the
Senate in 2014. (served in Senate Jan. 3, 2015-present)
Committee assignments:
 H. Financial Services (107th-113th Congresses)
 H. Smal Business (107th-108th Congresses)
 H. Transportation and Infrastructure (107th-113th Congresses)
 H. Rules (109th Congress)
 H. Select Committee on Energy and Global Warming (111th Congress)
 S. Appropriations (114th-116th Congresses)
 S. Energy and Natural Resources (114th-115th Congresses)
 S. Environment and Public Works (114th-116th Congresses)
 S. Rules and Administration (114th-116th Congresses)
 Jt. Committee on the Library (114th-115th Congresses)
 S. Commerce, Science, and Transportation (115th-116th Congresses)
CAPPS, LOIS. Democrat; California, 22nd District (105th-107th Congresses), 23rd District (108th-
112th Congresses) and 24th District (113th-114th Congress). Elected to the 105th Congress in a
March 9, 1998, special election to fil vacancy caused by death of husband Walter Capps;
reelected to the 106th-114th Congresses. (served March 17, 1998-Jan. 3. 2017)
Committee assignments:
 H. International Relations (105th Congress)
 H. Science (105th Congress)
 H. Commerce (106th Congress)
 H. Energy and Commerce (107th-114th Congresses)
 H. Budget (109th Congress)
 H. Natural Resources (110th-111th Congresses; 114th Congress)
 H. Ethics (114th Congress)
CARAWAY, HATTIE WYATT. Democrat; Arkansas, Senator. Appointed to the Senate Nov. 13,
1931, and elected Jan. 12, 1932, to fil the vacancy caused by death of husband Thaddeus H.
Caraway; reelected to two full Senate terms. (served Dec. 8, 1931-Jan. 3, 1945)
Committee assignments:
 S. Agriculture and Forestry (72nd-78th Congresses)
 S. Commerce (72nd-78th Congresses)
 S. Enrolled Bil s (72nd-78th Congresses; chair, 73rd-78th Congresses)
 S. Library (72nd-78th Congresses)
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CARNAHAN, JEAN. Democrat; Missouri, Senator. Appointed to the Senate Dec. 4, 2000, to fil
vacancy caused by her husband’s (Governor Mel Carnahan’s) posthumous election to the Senate.
(served Jan. 3, 2001-Nov. 25, 2003)
Committee assignments:
 S. Armed Services (107th Congress)
 S. Commerce, Science and Transportation (107th Congress)
 S. Governmental Affairs (107th Congress)
 S. Smal Business and Entrepreneurship (107th Congress)
 S. Special Committee on Aging (107th Congress)
CARSON, JULIA. Democrat; Indiana, 10th District (105th-107th Congresses) and 7th District
(108th-110th Congresses). Elected to the 105th-110th Congresses. (served Jan. 3, 1997, until her
death Dec. 15, 2007)
Committee assignments:
 H. Banking and Financial Services/Financial Services (105th-110th Congresses)
 H. Veterans’ Affairs (105th-107th Congresses)
 H. Transportation and Infrastructure (108th-110th Congresses)
CASTOR, KATHY. Democrat; Florida, 11th District (110th-112th Congresses) and 14th District
(113th Congress-present). Elected to the 110th-116th Congresses. (served Jan. 3, 2007-present)
Committee assignments:
 H. Armed Services (110th, 112th Congresses)
 H. Rules (110th Congress)
 H. Energy and Commerce (111th-116th Congresses)
 H. Standards of Official Conduct (111th Congress)
 H. Budget (112th-114th Congresses)
 H. Select Committee on the Climate Crisis (116th Congress; chair)
CHENEY, LIZ. Republican; Wyoming, At Large. Elected to the 115th-116th Congresses. (served
Jan. 3, 2017-present)
Committee assignments:
 H. Armed Services (115th-116th Congresses)
 H. Natural Resources (115th-116th Congresses)
 H. Rules (115th Congress)
CHENOWETH, HELEN. Republican; Idaho, 1st District. Elected to the 104th-106th Congresses.
(served Jan. 3, 1995-Jan. 3, 2001)
Committee assignments:
 H. Agriculture (104th-106th Congresses)
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 H. Resources (104th-106th Congresses)
 H. Veterans’ Affairs (105th-106th Congresses)
 H. Government Reform (106th Congress)
CHISHOLM, SHIRLEY ANITA. Democrat; New York, 12th District. Elected to the 91st-97th
Congresses. (served Jan. 3, 1969-Jan. 3, 1983)
Committee assignments:
 H. Veterans’ Affairs (91st-92nd Congresses)
 H. Education and Labor (92nd-94th Congresses)
 H. Rules (95th-97th Congresses)
CHRISTENSEN, DONNA. Democrat; Delegate from the Virgin Islands. Elected to the 105th-
113th Congresses. (served Jan. 3, 1997-Jan. 3, 2015)
Committee assignments:
 H. Resources/Natural Resources (105th-112th Congresses)
 H. Smal Business (105th-109th Congresses)
 H. Homeland Security (108th-110th Congresses; 112th Congress)
 H. Energy and Commerce (111th-113th Congresses)
CHRISTIAN-GREEN, DONNA and CHRISTIAN-CHRISTENSEN, DONNA. See
CHRISTENSEN, DONNA.
CHU, JUDY. Democrat; California, 32nd District (111th-112th Congresses) and 27th District (113th
Congress-present). Elected to the 111th Congress in a July 14, 2009, special election to fil
vacancy caused by resignation of Hilda Solis; reelected to 112th-116th Congresses. Chair of the
Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, 112th-116th Congresses. (served July 16, 2009-
present)
Committee assignments:
 H. Education and Labor (111th Congress)
 H. Judiciary (111th-115th Congresses)
 H. Oversight and Government Reform (111th Congress)
 H. Smal Business (112th-116th Congresses)
 H. Ways and Means (115th-116th Congresses)
CHURCH, MARGUERITE STITT. Republican; Il inois, 13th District. Elected to the 82nd-87th
Congresses (served Jan. 3, 1951-Jan. 3, 1963). Representative Church succeeded her husband,
Ralph E. Church, who died in office.
Committee assignments:
 H. Expenditures in Executive Departments (82nd Congress)
 H. Government Operations (83rd Congress)
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 H. Foreign Affairs (83rd-87th Congresses)
CLARK, KATHERINE M. Democrat; Massachusetts, 5th District. Elected to the 113th Congress
in a Dec. 10, 2013, special election to fil vacancy caused by the resignation of Edward Markey.
Subsequently reelected to the 114th-116th Congresses. (served Dec. 12, 2013-present)
Committee assignments:
 H. Natural Resources (113th Congress)
 H. Science and Technology (113th-114th Congresses)
 H. Education and the Workforce (114th Congress)
 H. Appropriations (115th-116th Congresses)
CLARKE, MARIAN WILLIAMS. Republican; New York, 34th District. Elected to the 73rd
Congress in a Dec. 28, 1933, special election to fil vacancy caused by death of husband John
Davenport Clarke. (served Jan. 3, 1934-Jan. 3, 1935)
Committee assignments:
 H. Civil Service (73rd Congress)
 H. Claims (73rd Congress)
 H. Invalid Pensions (73rd Congress)
CLARKE, YVETTE. Democrat; New York, 11th District (110th-112th Congresses) and 9th District
(113th Congress-present). Elected to the 110th-116th Congresses. (served Jan. 3, 2007-present)
Committee assignments:
 H. Education and Labor (110th-111th Congresses)
 H. Homeland Security (110th-113th, 116th Congresses)
 H. Smal Business (110th-114th Congresses)
 H. Ethics (113th-115th Congresses)
 H. Energy and Commerce (114th-116th Congresses)
CLAYTON, EVA. Democrat; North Carolina, 1st District. Elected to the 102nd Congress Nov. 3,
1992, to fil vacancy caused by death of Walter Jones; simultaneously elected to the 103rd
Congress; reelected to the 104th-107th Congresses. (served Nov. 5, 1992-Jan. 3, 2003)
Committee assignments:
 H. Agriculture (103rd-107th Congresses)
 H. Smal Business (103rd-104th Congresses)
 H. Budget (105th-107th Congresses)
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CLINTON, HILLARY RODHAM. Democrat; New York, Senator. Elected to the Senate in
2000 and reelected in 2006. (served Jan. 3, 2001, until her resignation Jan. 21, 2009, to become
Secretary of State). First Lady of the United States, 1993-2001.
Committee assignments:
 S. Budget (107th Congress)
 S. Environment and Public Works (107th-110th Congresses)
 S. Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (107th-110th Congresses)
 S. Armed Services (108th-110th Congresses)
 S. Special Aging (109th-110th Congresses)
COLLINS, BARBARA-ROSE. Democrat; Michigan, 13th District (102nd Congress) and 15th
District (103rd-104th Congresses). Elected to the 102nd-104th Congresses. (served Jan. 3, 1991-Jan.
3, 1997)
Committee assignments:
 H. Public Works and Transportation (102nd-103rd Congresses)
 H. Science, Space and Technology (102nd Congress)
 H. Government Operations (103rd Congress)
 H. Post Office and Civil Service (103rd Congress)
 H. Government Reform and Oversight (104th Congress)
 H. Transportation and Infrastructure (104th Congress)
 H. Select Children, Youth, and Families (102nd Congress)
COLLINS, CARDISS. Democrat; Il inois, 7th District. Elected to the 93rd Congress in a June 5,
1973, special election to fil vacancy caused by death of husband George W. Collins; reelected to
the 94th-104th Congresses (served June 7, 1973-Jan. 3, 1997). Chair of the Congressional Black
Caucus, 96th Congress.
Committee assignments:
 H. Government Operations/Government Reform and Oversight (93rd-104th
Congresses)
 H. International Relations/Foreign Affairs (94th-96th Congresses)
 H. District of Columbia (95th Congress)
 H. Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control (96th-102nd Congresses)
 H. Energy and Commerce (97th-103rd Congresses)
 H. Commerce (104th Congress)
COLLINS, SUSAN M. Republican; Maine, Senator. Elected to the Senate in 1996; reelected in
2002, 2008, and 2014. (served Jan. 3, 1997-present)
Committee assignments:
 S. Labor and Human Resources (105th Congress)
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 S. Governmental Affairs (105th-108th Congresses; chair, 108th Congress)
 S. Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (109th-112th Congresses; chair,
109th Congress; ranking member, 110th-112th Congresses)
 S. Special Aging (105th-116th Congresses; ranking member, 113th Congress; chair,
114th-116th Congresses)
 S. Special Committee on the Year 2000 Technology Problems (106th Congress)
 S. Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (106th-107th Congresses; 115th-116th
Congresses)
 S. Armed Services (107th-112th Congresses)
 Jt. Economic (108th Congress)
 S. Appropriations (111th-116th Congresses)
 S. Select Intel igence (113th-116th Congresses)
COMSTOCK, BARBARA J. Republican; Virginia, 10th District. Elected to the 114th-115th
Congresses (served Jan. 3, 2015-Jan. 3, 2019).
Committee assignments:
 H. House Administration (114th-115th Congresses)
 H. Science and Technology (114th-115th Congresses)
 H. Transportation and Infrastructure (114th-115th Congresses)
CORTEZ MASTO, CATHERINE. Democrat; Nevada, Senator. Elected in 2016. (served Jan. 3,
2017-present)
Committee assignments:
 S. Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (115th-116th Congresses)
 S. Commerce, Science, and Transportation (115th Congress)
 S. Energy and Natural Resources (115th-116th Congresses)
 S. Indian Affairs (115th-116th Congresses)
 S. Rules (115th-116th Congresses)
 S. Finance (116th Congress)
CRAIG, ANGELA. Democrat; Minnesota, 2nd District. Elected to the 116th Congress. (served
Jan. 3, 2019-present)
Committee assignments:
 H. Agriculture (116th Congress)
 H. Smal Business (116th Congress)
 H. Transportation and Infrastructure (116th Congress)
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CUBIN, BARBARA. Republican; Wyoming, At Large. Elected to the 104th-110th Congresses.
(served Jan. 3, 1995-Jan. 3, 2009)
Committee assignments:
 H. Resources (104th-109th Congresses)
 H. Science (104th Congress)
 H. Commerce (105th-106th Congresses)
 H. Energy and Commerce (107th-110th Congresses)
DAHLKEMPER, KATHLEEN A. Democrat; Pennsylvania, 3rd District. Elected to the 111th
Congress. (served Jan. 3, 2009-Jan. 3, 2011)
Committee assignments:
 H. Agriculture (111th Congress)
 H. Science and Technology (111th Congress)
 H. Smal Business (111th Congress)
DANNER, PAT. Democrat; Missouri, 6th District. Elected to the 103rd-106th Congresses. (served
Jan. 3, 1993-Jan. 3, 2001)
Committee assignments:
 H. Public Works and Transportation/Transportation and Infrastructure (103rd-
106th Congresses)
 H. Smal Business (103rd Congress)
 H. International Relations (105th-106th Congresses)
DAVIDS, SHARICE. Democrat; Kansas, 3rd District. Elected to the 116th Congress. (served Jan.
3, 2019-present)
Committee assignments:
 H. Smal Business (116th Congress)
 H. Transportation and Infrastructure (116th Congress)
DAVIS, JO ANN. Republican; Virginia, 1st District. Elected to the 107th-110th Congresses.
(served Jan. 3, 2001, until her death Oct. 6, 2007)
Committee assignments:
 H. Armed Services (107th-110th Congresses)
 H. Government Reform (107th-108th Congresses)
 H. International Relations (107th-109th Congresses)
 H. Foreign Affairs (110th Congress)
 H. Select Intel igence (108th-109th Congresses)
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DAVIS, SUSAN. Democrat; California, 49th District (107th Congress) and 53rd District (108th
Congress-present). Elected to the 107th-116th Congresses. (served Jan. 3, 2001-present)
Committee assignments:
 H. Armed Services (107th-116th Congresses)
 H. Education and the Workforce/Education and Labor (107th-116th Congresses)
 H. Veterans’ Affairs (108th Congress)
 H. House Administration (110th-111th, 116th Congresses)
 Jt. Printing (110th, 116th Congresses)
DEAN, MADELEINE. Democrat; Pennsylvania, 4th District. Elected to the 116th Congress.
(served Jan. 3, 2019-present)
Committee assignments:
 H. Financial Services (116th Congress)
 H. Judiciary (116th Congress)
DEGETTE, DIANA. Democrat; Colorado, 1st District. Elected to the 105th-116th Congresses.
(served Jan. 3, 1997-present)
Committee assignments:
 H. Commerce/Energy and Commerce (105th-116th Congresses)
 H. Natural Resources (111th, 116th Congresses)
DELAURO, ROSA. Democrat; Connecticut, 3rd District. Elected to the 102nd-116th Congresses.
(served Jan. 3, 1991-present)
Committee assignments:
 H. Government Operations (102nd Congress)
 H. Public Works and Transportation (102nd Congress)
 H. Select Committee on Aging (102nd Congress)
 H. Appropriations (103rd Congress; 105th-116th Congresses)
 H. National Security (104th Congress)
 H. Budget (108th-111th, 116th Congresses)
DELBENE, SUZAN. Democrat; Washington, 1st District. Elected to the 112th Congress in a Nov.
6, 2012, special election to fil vacancy caused by resignation of Jay Inslee; reelected to the 113th-
116th Congresses. (served Nov. 13, 2012-present)
Committee assignments:
 H. Agriculture (113th-114th Congresses)
 H. Judiciary (113th-114th Congresses)
 H. Budget (115th Congress)
 H. Ways and Means (115th- 116th Congresses)
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 H. Select Modernization of Congress (116th Congress)
DEMINGS, VAL BUTLER. Democrat; Florida, 10th District. Elected to the 115th -116th
Congresses. (served Jan. 3, 2017-present)
Committee assignments:
 H. Homeland Security (115th-116th Congresses)
 H. Government Reform (115th Congress)
 H. Judiciary (115th-116th Congresses)
 H. Intel igence (116th Congress)
DINGELL, DEBBIE. Democrat; Michigan, 12th District. Elected to the 114th-116th Congress.
(served Jan. 3, 2015-present)
Committee assignments:
 H. Budget (114th Congress)
 H. Natural Resources (114th, 116th Congresses)
 H. Energy and Commerce (115th-116th Congresses)
 Jt. Select Solvency Multiemployer Pension Plans (115th Congress)
DOLE, ELIZABETH H. Republican; North Carolina, Senate. Elected to the Senate in 2002.
(served Jan. 3, 2003-Jan. 3, 2009)
Committee assignments:
 S. Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (108th Congress)
 S. Armed Services (108th-110th Congresses)
 S. Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (108th-110th Congresses)
 S. Special Aging (108th-110th Congresses)
 S. Smal Business and Entrepreneurship (110th Congress)
DOUGLAS, EMILY TAFT. Democrat; Il inois, At Large. Elected to the 79th Congress. (served
Jan. 3, 1945-Jan. 3, 1947)
Committee assignment:
 H. Foreign Affairs (79th Congress)
DOUGLAS, HELEN GAHAGAN. Democrat; California, 14th District. Elected to the 79th-81st
Congresses. (served Jan. 3, 1945-Jan. 3, 1951)
Committee assignment:
 H. Foreign Affairs (79th-81st Congresses)
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DRAKE, THELMA. Republican; Virginia, 2nd District. Elected to the 109th-110th Congresses.
(served Jan. 3, 2005-Jan. 3, 2009)
Committee assignments:
 H. Armed Services (109th-110th Congresses)
 H. Education and the Workforce (109th Congress)
 H. Resources (109th Congress)
 H. Transportation and Infrastructure (110th Congress)
DUCKWORTH, TAMMY. Democrat; Il inois, 8th District. Elected to the 113th-114th Congresses.
(served in House Jan. 3, 2013-Jan. 3, 2017). Subsequently elected to the Senate in 2016. (served
in Senate Jan. 3, 2017-present)
Committee assignments:
 H. Armed Services (113th-114th Congresses)
 H. Oversight and Government Reform (113th-114th Congresses)
 H. Select Terrorist Attack in Benghazi (113th-114th Congresses)
 S. Commerce, Science, and Transportation (115th-116th Congresses)
 S. Energy and Natural Resources (115th Congress)
 S. Environment and Public Works (115th-116th Congresses)
 S. Smal Business and Entrepreneurship (115th-116th Congresses)
 S. Armed Services (116th Congress)
DUNN, JENNIFER. Republican; Washington, 8th District. Elected to the 103rd-108th Congresses.
(served Jan. 3, 1993-Jan. 3, 2005)
Committee assignments:
 H. Administration (103rd Congress)
 H. Public Works and Transportation (103rd Congress)
 H. Science, Space, and Technology (103rd Congress)
 Jt. Committee on Congressional Operations (103rd Congress)
 H. Oversight (104th Congress)
 H. Ways and Means (104th-108th Congresses)
 Jt. Economic (107th-108th Congresses)
 H. Homeland Security (108th Congress)
DWYER, FLORENCE PRICE. Republican; New Jersey, 6th District (85th-89th Congresses) and
12th District (90th-92nd Congresses). Elected to the 85th-92nd Congresses. (served Jan. 3, 1957-Jan.
3, 1973)
Committee assignments:
 H. Government Operations (85th-92nd Congresses; ranking member, 90th-92nd
Congresses)
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 H. Veterans’ Affairs (85th Congress)
 H. Banking and Currency (86th-92nd Congresses)
EDWARDS, DONNA. Democrat; Maryland, 4th District. Elected to the 110th Congress in a June
17, 2008, special election to fil vacancy caused by the resignation of Albert Wynn; reelected to
the 111th-114th Congresses. (served June 19, 2008-Jan. 3, 2017)
Committee assignments:
 H. Science and Technology/Science, Space and Technology (110th-114th
Congresses)
 H. Transportation and Infrastructure (110th-114th Congresses)
 H. Ethics (112th Congress)
EDWARDS, ELAINE. Democrat; Louisiana, Senator. Appointed to the Senate August 1, 1972,
by her husband, Governor Edwin L. Edwards, to fil vacancy caused by death of Al en J. El ender.
(served August 7, 1972-Nov. 13, 1972)
Committee assignments:
 S. Agriculture and Forestry (92nd Congress)
 S. Public Works (92nd Congress)
ELLMERS, RENEE. Republican; North Carolina, 2nd District. Elected to the 112th-114th
Congresses. (served Jan. 3, 2011-Jan. 3, 2017)
Committee assignments:
 H. Agriculture (112th Congress)
 H. Foreign Affairs (112th Congress)
 H. Smal Business (112th Congress)
 H. Energy and Commerce (113th-114th Congresses)
EMERSON, JO ANN. Republican; Missouri, 8th District. Elected to the 104th Congress in a Nov.
5, 1996, special election to fil vacancy caused by death of husband, Bil Emerson, and
simultaneously to the 105th Congress; reelected to the 106th-113th Congresses. (served Nov. 5,
1996, until her resignation Jan. 22, 2013)
Committee assignments:
 H. Agriculture (105th Congress)
 H. Smal Business (105th Congress)
 H. Transportation and Infrastructure (105th Congress)
 H. Appropriations (106th-112th Congresses)
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ENGLISH, KARAN. Democrat; Arizona, 6th District. Elected to the 103rd Congress. (served Jan.
3, 1993-Jan. 3, 1995)
Committee assignments:
 H. Education and Labor (103rd Congress)
 H. Natural Resources (103rd Congress)
ERNST, JONI. Republican; Iowa, Senator. Elected in 2014. (served Jan. 3, 2015-present)
Committee assignments:
 S. Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (114th-116th Congresses)
 S. Armed Services (114th-116th Congresses)
 S. Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (114th Congress)
 S. Smal Business and Entrepreneurship (114th-116th Congresses)
 S. Environment and Public Works (115th-116th Congresses)
 Jt. Select Budget and Appropriations Process Reform (115th Congress)
 S. Judiciary (116th Congress)
ESCOBAR, VERONICA. Democrat; Texas, 16th District. Elected to the 116th Congress. (served
Jan. 3, 2019-present)
Committee assignments:
 H. Judiciary (116th Congress)
 H. Armed Services (116th Congress)
ESHOO, ANNA G. Democrat; California, 14th District (103rd-112th Congresses) and 18th District
(113th Congress-present). Elected to the 103rd-116th Congresses. (served Jan. 3, 1993-present)
Committee assignments:
 H. Merchant Marine and Fisheries (103rd Congress)
 H. Science, Space, and Technology (103rd Congress)
 H. Commerce (104th-106th Congresses)
 H. Energy and Commerce (107th-116th Congresses)
 H. Intel igence (108th-111th Congresses)
ESLICK, WILLA McCORD BLAKE. Democrat; Tennessee, 7th District. Elected to the 72nd
Congress in an August 4, 1932, special election to fil vacancy caused by death of husband
Edward Eslick. (served Dec. 5, 1932-March 3, 1933)
Committee assignments:
 H. Public Buildings and Grounds (72nd Congress)
 H. World War Veterans’ Legislation (72nd Congress)
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ESTY, ELIZABETH. Democrat; Connecticut, 5th District. Elected to the 113th-115th Congresses.
(served Jan. 3, 2013-Jan. 3, 2019)
Committee assignments:
 H. Science, Space and Technology (113th-115th Congresses)
 H. Transportation and Infrastructure (113th-115th Congresses)
FALLIN, MARY. Republican; Oklahoma, 5th District. Elected to the 110th-111th Congresses.
(served Jan. 3, 2007-Jan. 3, 2011)
Committee assignments:
 H. Smal Business (110th-111th Congresses)
 H. Transportation and Infrastructure (110th-111th Congresses)
 H. Natural Resources (110th Congress)
 H. Armed Services (111th Congress)
FARRINGTON, MARY ELIZABETH PRUETT. Republican; Delegate from Hawai . Elected
to the 83rd Congress in a July 31, 1954, special election to fil vacancy caused by death of
husband, Joseph R. Farrington; reelected to the 84th Congress. (served August 4, 1954-Jan. 3,
1957)
Committee assignments:
 H. Agriculture (83rd-84th Congresses)
 H. Armed Services (83rd-84th Congresses)
 H. Interior and Insular Affairs (83rd-84th Congresses)
FEINSTEIN, DIANNE. Democrat; California, Senator. Elected to the Senate Nov. 3, 1992, to
fil the vacancy caused by the resignation of Pete Wilson. Subsequently elected to a full term on
Nov. 8, 1994, and reelected in 2000, 2006, 2012, and 2018. (served Nov. 10, 1992-present)
Committee assignments:
 S. Appropriations (103rd Congress, 107th-116th Congresses)
 S. Judiciary (103rd-116th Congresses; ranking member, 115th -116th Congresses)
 S. Rules and Administration (103rd-116th Congresses; chair, 110th Congress)
 S. Foreign Relations (104th-105th Congresses)
 Jt. Committee on the Library (105th and 111th Congresses; chair, 110th Congress)
 S. Energy and Natural Resources (107th-109th Congresses)
 Jt. Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies (chair, 110th-111th Congresses)
 S. Select Intel igence (107th-116th Congresses; chair, 111th-113th Congresses; vice
chair, 114th Congress)
 Jt. Committee on Printing (106th-107th Congresses; vice chair, 110th Congress)
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FELTON, REBECCA LATIMER. Democrat; Georgia, Senator. Appointed to the Senate on Oct.
3, 1922, to fil vacancy caused by death of Thomas E. Watson; sworn in Nov. 21, 1922; term
expired Nov. 22 with the election of Walter George to the vacancy she fil ed.
No committee assignments listed.
FENWICK, MILLICENT. Republican; New Jersey, 5th District. Elected to the 94th-97th
Congresses. (served Jan. 3, 1975-Jan. 3, 1983)
Committee assignments:
 H. Banking, Currency, and Housing/Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs (94th-
95th Congresses)
 H. Smal Business (94th-95th Congresses)
 H. Standards of Official Conduct (95th Congress)
 H. District of Columbia (96th Congress)
 H. International Relations/Foreign Affairs (96th-97th Congresses)
 H. Education and Labor (97th Congress)
 H. Select Committee on Aging (97th Congress)
FERRARO, GERALDINE ANN. Democrat; New York, 9th District. Elected to the 96th-98th
Congresses. (served Jan. 3, 1979-Jan. 3, 1985)
Committee assignments:
 H. Post Office and Civil Service (96th-97th Congresses)
 H. Public Works and Transportation (96th-98th Congresses)
 H. Select Committee on Aging (96th-97th Congresses)
 H. Budget (98th Congress)
FIEDLER, BOBBI. Republican; California, 21st District. Elected to the 97th-99th Congresses.
(served Jan. 3, 1981-Jan. 3, 1987)
Committee assignments:
 H. Budget (97th-99th Congresses)
 Jt. Economics (99th Congress)
FINKENAUER, ABBY. Democrat; Iowa, 1st District. Elected to the 116th Congress. (served Jan.
3, 2019-present)
Committee assignments:
 H. Smal Business (116th Congress)
 H. Transportation and Infrastructure (116th Congress)
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FISCHER, DEBRA (DEB). Republican; Nebraska, Senator. Elected to the Senate in 2012 and
reelected in 2018. (served Jan. 3, 2013-present)
Committee assignments:
 S. Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry (115th-116th Congresses)
 S. Armed Services (113th-116th Congresses)
 S. Commerce, Science and Transportation (113th-116th Congresses)
 S. Environment and Public Works (113th-115th Congresses)
 S. Indian Affairs (113th Congress)
 S. Smal Business and Entrepreneurship (113th-114th Congresses)
 S. Special Aging (115th Congress)
 S. Rules and Administration (115th-116th Congresses)
FLETCHER, ELIZABETH (LIZZY). Democrat; Texas, 7th District. Elected to the 116th
Congress. (served Jan. 3, 2019-present)
Committee assignments:
 H. Science, Space and Technology (116th Congress)
 H. Transportation and Infrastructure (116th Congress)
FOWLER, TILLIE. Republican; Florida, 4th District. Elected to the 103rd-106th Congresses.
(served Jan. 3, 1993-Jan. 3, 2001)
Committee assignments:
 H. Armed Services (103rd, 106th Congresses)
 H. National Security (104th-105th Congresses)
 H. Merchant Marine and Fisheries (103rd Congress)
 H. Transportation and Infrastructure (104th-106th Congresses)
FOXX, VIRGINIA. Republican; North Carolina, 5th District. Elected to the 109th-116th
Congresses. (served Jan. 3, 2005-present)
Committee assignments:
 H. Agriculture (109th-110th Congresses)
 H. Education and the Workforce/Education and Labor (109th-110th Congresses,
113th-116th Congresses; chair, 115th Congress, ranking member, 116th Congress)
 H. Government Reform/Oversight and Government Reform/Oversight and
Reform (109th-110th, 115th-116th Congresses)
 H. Rules (111th-114th Congresses)
 Jt. Select Solvency Multiemployer Pension Plans (115th Congress)
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FRAHM, SHEILA. Republican; Kansas, Senator. Appointed to the Senate May 24, 1996, to fil
vacancy caused by resignation of Robert Dole. (served June 11, 1996-Nov. 5, 1996)
Committee assignments:
 S. Armed Services (104th Congress)
 S. Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (104th Congress)
FRANKEL, LOIS. Democrat; Florida, 22nd District (113th-114th Congresses) and 21st District
(115th Congress-present). Elected to the 113th-116th Congresses. (served Jan. 3, 2013-present)
Committee assignments:
 H. Foreign Affairs (113th-115th Congresses)
 H. Transportation and Infrastructure (113th-115th Congresses)
 H. Appropriations (116th Congress)
 Jt. Economic (116th Congress)
FUDGE, MARCIA F. Democrat; Ohio, 11th District. Elected to the 110th Congress in a Nov. 4,
2008, special election to fil vacancy caused by death of Stephanie Tubbs Jones; reelected to the
111th-116th Congresses. (served Nov. 19, 2008-present) Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus,
113th Congress.
Committee assignments:
 H. Education and Labor/Education and the Workforce (111th Congress; 113th-
116th Congresses)
 H. Science and Technology/Science, Space and Technology (111th-112th
Congresses)
 H. Agriculture (112th-116th Congresses)
 H. Administration (116th Congress)
FULMER, WILLA LYBRAND. Democrat; South Carolina, 2nd District. Elected to the 78th
Congress Nov. 7, 1944, to fil vacancy caused by death of husband, Hampton P. Fulmer. (served
Nov. 6, 1944-Jan. 3, 1945)
No committee assignments listed.
FURSE, ELIZABETH. Democrat; Oregon, 1st District. Elected to the 103rd-105th Congresses.
(served Jan. 3, 1993-Jan. 3, 1999)
Committee assignments:
 H. Armed Services (103rd Congress)
 H. Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs (103rd Congress)
 H. Merchant Marine and Fisheries (103rd Congress)
 H. Commerce (104th-105th Congresses)
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GABBARD, TULSI. Democrat; Hawai , 2nd District. Elected to the 113th-116th Congresses.
(served Jan. 3, 2013-present)
Committee assignments:
 H. Armed Services (113th-116th Congresses)
 H. Foreign Affairs (113th-115th Congresses)
 H. Homeland Security (113th Congress)
 H. Financial Services (116th Congress)
GARCIA, SYLVIA. Democrat; Texas, 29th District. Elected to the 116th Congress. (served Jan. 3,
2019-present)
Committee assignments:
 H. Financial Services (116th Congress)
 H. Judiciary (116th Congress)
GASQUE, ELIZABETH HAWLEY. Democrat; South Carolina, 6th District. Elected to the 75th
Congress in a Sept. 13, 1938, special election to fil vacancy caused by death of her husband,
Al ard H. Gasque; never sworn in or seated, because Congress was not in session between the
time of her election and the expiration of her term.
No committee assignments listed; never sworn in.
GIBBS, FLORENCE REVILLE. Democrat; Georgia, 8th District. Elected to the 76th Congress
in an Oct. 1, 1940, special election to fil vacancy caused by death of husband, Benjamin Gibbs.
(served Oct. 3, 1940-Jan. 3, 1941)
No committee assignments listed.
GIFFORDS, GABRIELLE. Democrat; Arizona, 8th District. Elected to the 110th-112th
Congresses (served Jan. 3, 2007, until her resignation on Jan. 25, 2012). Giffords was seriously
wounded in an assassination attempt on Jan. 8, 2011.
Committee assignments:
 H. Armed Services (110th-112th Congresses)
 H. Foreign Affairs (110th-111th Congresses)
 H. Science and Technology/Science, Space and Technology (110th-112th
Congresses)
GILLIBRAND, KIRSTEN. Democrat; New York, 20th District. Elected to the 110th-111th
Congresses (served in House Jan. 3, 2007, until resignation on Jan. 26, 2009). Appointed to the
Senate to fil vacancy caused by resignation of Hil ary Clinton; elected to remainder of term in
2010 and reelected in 2012 and 2018. (served in Senate Jan. 27, 2009-present)
Committee assignments:
 H. Agriculture (110th Congress)
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 H. Armed Services (110th Congress)
 S. Foreign Relations (111th Congress)
 S. Environment and Public Works (111th-116th Congresses)
 S. Special Aging (111th-116th Congresses)
 S. Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry (111th-116th Congresses)
 S. Armed Services (112th-116th Congresses)
GONZÁLEZ-COLÓN, JENNIFFER. Republican; Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico.
Elected to the 115th-116th Congresses. (served Jan. 3, 2017-present)
Committee assignments:
 H. Natural Resources (115th-116th Congresses)
 H. Smal Business (115th Congress)
 H. Veterans’ Affairs (115th Congress)
 H. Transportation and Infrastructure (116th Congress)
 H. Science, Space and Technology (116th Congress)
GRAHAM, GWEN. Democrat; Florida, 2nd District. Elected to the 114th Congress. (served Jan.
3, 2015-Jan. 3, 2017)
Committee assignments:
 H. Agriculture (114th Congress)
 H. Armed Services (114th Congress)
GRANAHAN, KATHRYN ELIZABETH. Democrat; Pennsylvania, 2nd District. Elected to the
84th Congress in a Nov. 6, 1956, special election to fil the vacancy caused by the death of her
husband, Wil iam T. Granahan, and to the 85th Congress; reelected to the 86th-87th Congresses.
(served Jan. 3, 1957-Jan. 3, 1963)
Committee assignments:
 H. District of Columbia (85th Congress)
 H. Post Office and Civil Service (85th-87th Congresses)
 H. Government Operations (85th Congress, 2nd session-87th Congress)
GRANGER, KAY. Republican; Texas, 12th District. Elected to the 105th-116th Congresses.
(served Jan. 3, 1997-present)
Committee assignments:
 H. Budget (105th, 107th Congresses)
 H. Oversight (105th Congress)
 H. Transportation and Infrastructure (105th Congress)
 Jt. Printing (105th Congress)
 H. National Security (105th Congress)
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 H. Appropriations (106th-116th Congresses; ranking member, 116th Congress)
 H. Homeland Security (108th Congress)
GRASSO, ELLA T. Democrat; Connecticut, 6th District. Elected to the 92nd-93rd Congresses.
(served Jan. 3, 1971-Jan. 3, 1975)
Committee assignments:
 H. Education and Labor (92nd-93rd Congresses)
 H. Veterans’ Affairs (92nd-93rd Congresses)
GRAVES, DIXIE BIBB. Democrat; Alabama, Senator. Appointed by her husband, Governor
David Bibb Graves, to the Senate August 18, 1937, to fil the vacancy caused by the resignation
of Hugo L. Black. (served August 20, 1937, until her resignation Jan. 10, 1938)
Committee assignments:
 S. Claims (75th Congress)
 S. Education and Labor (75th Congress)
 S. Mines and Mining (75th Congress)
GREEN, EDITH. Democrat; Oregon, 3rd District. Elected to the 84th-93rd Congresses. (served
Jan. 3, 1955, until her resignation Dec. 31, 1974)
Committee assignments:
 H. Education and Labor (84th-92nd Congresses)
 H. Interior and Insular Affairs (84th-85th Congresses)
 Jt. Committee on Disposition of Executive Papers (85th Congress)
 H. House Administration (86th-87th Congresses)
 H. Merchant Marine and Fisheries (88th-90th Congresses)
 H. Select Committee on the House Beauty Shop (90th-93rd Congresses)
 H. District of Columbia (92nd Congress)
 H. Appropriations (93rd Congress)
GREENE, ENID. See WALDHOLTZ, ENID GREENE.
GREENWAY, ISABELLA SELMES. Democrat; Arizona, At Large. Elected to the 73rd
Congress in a Oct. 3, 1933, special election to fil vacancy caused by resignation of Lewis W.
Douglas; reelected to the 74th Congress. (served Jan. 3, 1934-Jan. 3, 1937)
Committee assignments:
 None listed (73rd Congress)
 H. Indian Affairs (74th Congress)
 H. Irrigation and Reclamation (74th Congress)
 H. Public Lands (74th Congress)
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GRIFFITHS, MARTHA WRIGHT. Democrat; Michigan, 17th District. Elected to the 84th-93rd
Congresses. (served Jan. 3, 1955-Jan. 3, 1975)
Committee assignments:
 H. Banking and Currency (84th-87th Congresses)
 H. Government Operations (84th-87th Congresses)
 Jt. Economic (87th-92nd Congresses)
 H. Ways and Means (88th-92nd Congresses)
 H. Select Committee on the House Beauty Shop (chair, 90th-93rd Congresses)
 H. Select Committee on Crime (91st Congress)
HAALAND, DEBRA. Democrat; New Mexico, 1st District. Elected to the 116th Congress.
(served Jan. 3, 2019-present)
Committee assignments:
 H. Natural Resources (116th Congress; vice chair)
 H. Armed Services (116th Congress)
 H. Oversight and Reform (116th Congress)
HAGAN, KAY. Democrat; North Carolina; Senator. Elected in 2008. (served Jan. 3, 2009-Jan. 3,
2015)
Committee assignments:
 S. Armed Services (111th-113th Congresses)
 S. Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (111th-113th Congresses)
 S. Smal Business and Entrepreneurship (111th-113th Congresses)
 S. Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs (112th-113th Congresses)
HAHN, JANICE. Democrat; California, 36th District. Elected to the 112th Congress in a July 12,
2011, special election to fil vacancy created by the resignation of Jane Harman; reelected to the
113th-114th Congresses. (served July 19, 2011, until her resignation Dec. 4, 2016)
Committee assignments:
 H. Homeland Security (112th Congress)
 H. Transportation and Infrastructure (113th-114th Congresses)
 H. Smal Business (114th Congress)
HALL, KATIE. Democrat; Indiana, 1st District. Elected to the 97th Congress in a Nov. 2, 1982,
special election to fil vacancy caused by death of Adam Benjamin Jr.; reelected to the 98th
Congress. (served Nov. 29, 1982-Jan. 3, 1985)
Committee assignments:
 H. Post Office and Civil Service (98th Congress)
 H. Public Works and Transportation (98th Congress)
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HALVORSON, DEBBIE. Democrat; Il inois, 11th District. Elected to the 111th Congress. (served
Jan. 3, 2009-Jan. 3, 2011)
Committee assignments:
 H. Agriculture (111th Congress)
 H. Smal Business (111th Congress)
 H. Veterans Affairs (111th Congress)
HANABUSA, COLLEEN. Democrat; Hawai , 1st District. Elected to the 112th-113th Congresses;
to the 114th Congress to fil vacancy caused by the death of Mark Takai, and to the 115th
Congress. (served Jan. 3, 2011-Jan. 3, 2015; Nov. 8, 2016-Jan. 3, 2019)
Committee assignments:
 H. Armed Services (112th, 113th, 115th Congresses)
 H. Natural Resources (112th, 113th, 115th Congresses)
HANDEL, KAREN. Republican; Georgia, 6th District. Elected to the 115th Congress to fil
vacancy caused by the resignation of Tom Price. (served June 26, 2017-Jan. 3, 2019)
Committee assignments:
 H. Education and the Workforce (115th Congress)
 H. Judiciary (115th Congress)
HANSEN, JULIA BUTLER. Democrat; Washington, 3rd District. Elected to the 86th Congress
Nov. 8, 1960, to fil vacancy caused by death of Russel V. Mack, and to the 87th Congress;
reelected to the 88th-93rd Congresses. (served Jan. 3, 1961-Jan. 3, 1975)
Committee assignments:
 H. Veterans’ Affairs (87th Congress, 1st session)
 H. Education and Labor (87th Congress)
 H. Interior and Insular Affairs (87th Congress)
 H. Appropriations (88th-93rd Congresses)
HARDEN, CECIL MURRAY. Republican; Indiana, 6th District. Elected to the 81st-95th
Congresses. (served Jan. 3, 1949-Jan. 3, 1959)
Committee assignments:
 H. Veterans’ Affairs (81st Congress)
 H. Expenditures in Executive Departments (82nd Congress)
 H. Government Operations (83rd-85th Congresses)
 H. Post Office and Civil Service (83rd-85th Congresses)
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HARMAN, JANE. Democrat; California, 36th District. Elected to the 103rd-105th Congresses and
the 107th-112th Congresses. (served Jan. 3, 1993-Jan. 3, 1999; Jan. 3, 2001, until her resignation
Feb. 28, 2011)
Committee assignments:
 H. Armed Services (103rd Congress)
 H. Science, Space, and Technology/Science (103rd-104th Congresses)
 H. National Security (104th-105th Congresses)
 H. Energy and Commerce (107th, 111th, 112th Congresses)
 H. Intel igence (104th-105th Congresses; 107th-109th Congresses)
 H. Homeland Security (108th-112th Congresses)
HARRIS, KAMALA DEVI. Democrat; California, Senator. Elected in 2016. (served Jan. 3,
2017-present)
Committee assignments:
 S. Budget (115th-116th Congresses)
 S. Environment and Public Works (115th Congress)
 S. Homeland Security (115th-116th Congresses)
 S. Judiciary (115th-116th Congresses)
 S. Select Intel igence (115th-116th Congresses)
HARRIS, KATHERINE. Republican; Florida, 13th District. Elected to the 108th-109th
Congresses. (served Jan. 3, 2003-Jan. 3, 2007)
Committee assignments:
 H. Financial Services (108th-109th Congresses)
 H. International Relations (108th-109th Congresses)
 H. Homeland Security (109th Congress)
HART, MELISSA. Republican; Pennsylvania, 4th District. Elected to the 107th-109th Congresses.
(served Jan. 3, 2001-Jan. 3, 2007)
Committee assignments:
 H. Financial Services (107th-108th Congresses)
 H. Judiciary (107th-108th Congresses)
 H. Science (107th-108th Congresses)
 H. Standards of Official Conduct (109th Congress)
 H. Ways and Means (109th Congress)
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HARTZLER, VICKY. Republican; Missouri, 4th District. Elected to the 112th-116th Congresses.
(served Jan. 3, 2011-present)
Committee assignments:
 H. Agriculture (112th-116th Congresses)
 H. Armed Services (112th-116th Congresses)
 H. Budget (113th-114th Congresses)
HASSAN, MAGGIE. Democrat; New Hampshire, Senator. Elected in 2016. (served Jan. 3,
2017-present)
Committee assignments:
 S. Commerce, Science, and Transportation (115th Congress)
 S. Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (115th-116th Congresses)
 S. Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (115th-116th Congresses)
 Jt. Economic (115th-116th Congresses)
 S. Finance (116th Congress)
HAWKINS, PAULA. Republican; Florida, Senator. Elected in 1980. (served Jan. 1, 1981-Jan. 3,
1987)
Committee assignments:
 S. Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (97th-99th Congress)
 S. Labor and Human Resources (97th-99th Congress)
 Jt. Economic (97th Congress)
 S. Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (98th Congress)
 S. Foreign Relations (98th Congress)
 S. Special Aging (99th Congress)
HAYES, JAHANA. Democrat; Connecticut, 5th District. Elected to the 116th Congress. (served
Jan. 3, 2019-present)
Committee assignments:
 H. Agriculture (116th Congress)
 H. Education and Labor (116th Congress)
HAYWORTH, NAN. Republican; New York, 19th District. Elected to the 112th Congress. (served
Jan. 3, 2011-Jan. 3, 2013)
Committee assignment:
 H. Financial Services (112th Congress)
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HECKLER, MARGARET M. Republican; Massachusetts, 19th District. Elected to the 90th-97th
Congresses. (served Jan. 3, 1967-Jan. 3, 1983)
Committee assignments:
 H. Government Operations (90th Congress)
 H. Veterans’ Affairs (90th-97th Congresses)
 H. Banking and Currency (91st-93rd Congresses)
 H. Select Committee on the House Beauty Shop (92nd-93rd Congresses)
 H. Agriculture (94th-96th Congresses)
 Jt. Economic (94th, 96th, 97th Congresses)
 H. Select Committee on Ethics (96th Congress)
 H. Science and Technology (97th Congress)
HEITKAMP, MARY KATHRYN (HEIDI). Democrat; North Dakota, Senator. Elected in 2012.
(served Jan. 3, 2013-Jan. 3, 2019)
Committee assignments:
 S. Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (113th-115th Congresses)
 S. Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs (113th-115th Congresses)
 S. Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (113th-115th Congresses)
 S. Indian Affairs (113th-115th Congresses)
 S. Smal Business and Entrepreneurship (113th-115th Congresses)
 Jt. Select Solvency Multiemployer Pension Plans (115th Congress)
HERRERA BEUTLER, JAIME. Republican; Washington, 3rd District. Elected to the 112th-
116th Congresses. (served Jan. 3, 2011-present)
Committee assignments:
 H. Smal Business (112th-113th Congresses)
 H. Transportation and Infrastructure (112th Congress)
 H. Smal Business (113th Congress)
 H. Appropriations (114th-116th Congresses)
 H. Science, Space and Technology (116th Congress)
HERSETH SANDLIN, STEPHANIE. Democrat; South Dakota, At-Large. Elected to the 108th
Congress in a June 1, 2004, special election, to fil vacancy caused by resignation of Wil iam
Janklow; reelected to the 109th-111th Congresses. (served June 3, 2004-Jan. 3, 2011)
Committee assignments:
 H. Agriculture (108th-111th Congresses)
 H. Resources (108th-109th Congresses)
 H. Natural Resources (111th Congress)
 H. Veterans’ Affairs (108th-111th Congresses)
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 H. Select Energy, Independence, and Global Warming (110th-111th Congresses)
HICKS, LOUISE DAY. Democrat; Massachuset s, 9th District. Elected to the 92nd Congress.
(served Jan. 3, 1971-Jan. 3, 1973)
Committee assignments:
 H. Education and Labor (92nd Congress)
 H. Veterans’ Affairs (92nd Congress)
HILL, KATIE. Democrat; California, 25th District. Elected to the 116th Congress. (served Jan. 3,
2019, until her resignation Nov. 3, 2019)
Committee assignments:
 H. Oversight and Reform (116th Congress)
 H. Science, Space and Technology (116th Congress)
 H. Armed Services (116th Congress)
HIRONO, MAZIE. Democrat; Hawai , 2nd District. Elected to the 110th-112th Congresses;
elected to the Senate in 2012 and reelected in 2018. (served in the House Jan. 3, 2007-Jan. 3,
2013; served in the Senate Jan. 3, 2013-present)
Committee assignments:
 H. Education and Labor/Education and the Workforce (110th-112th Congresses)
 H. Transportation and Infrastructure (110th-112th Congresses)
 H. Smal Business (110th Congress)
 H. Ethics (112th Congress, partial)
 S. Armed Services (113th-116th Congresses)
 S. Environment and Public Works (113th Congress)
 S. Judiciary (113th, 115th-116th Congresses)
 S. Veterans’ Affairs (113th-116th Congresses)
 S. Select Intel igence (114th Congress)
 S. Smal Business and Entrepreneurship (114th-116th Congresses)
 S. Energy and Natural Resources (115th-116th Congresses)
 Jt. Select Budget and Appropriations Process Reform (115th Congress)
HOCHUL, KATHY. Democrat; New York, 26th District. Elected to the 112th Congress in a May
24, 2011, special election to fil vacancy caused by resignation of Christopher Lee. (served June
1, 2011-Jan. 3, 2013)
Committee assignments:
 H. Armed Services (112th Congress)
 H. Homeland Security (112th Congress)
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HOLT, MARJORIE S. Republican; Maryland, 4th District. Elected to the 93rd-99th Congresses.
(served Jan. 3, 1973-Jan. 3, 1987)
Committee assignments:
 H. Armed Services (93rd-99th Congresses)
 H. Administration (94th Congress)
 H. Budget (95th-96th Congresses)
 Jt. Economic (98th Congress)
 H. District of Columbia (98th Congress)
HOLTZMAN, ELIZABETH. Democrat; New York, 16th District. Elected to the 93rd-96th
Congresses. (served Jan. 3, 1973-Jan. 3, 1981)
Committee assignments:
 H. Judiciary (93rd-96th Congresses)
 H. Budget (94th-96th Congresses)
 H. Select Committee on Aging (96th Congress)
HONEYMAN, NAN WOOD. Democrat; Oregon, 3rd District. Elected to the 75th Congress.
(served Jan. 3, 1937-Jan. 3, 1939)
Committee assignments:
 H. Indian Affairs (75th Congress)
 H. Irrigation and Reclamation (75th Congress)
 H. Rivers and Harbors (75th Congress)
HOOLEY, DARLENE. Democrat; Oregon, 5th District. Elected to the 105th-110th Congresses.
(served Jan. 3, 1997-Jan. 3, 2009)
Committee assignments:
 H. Banking and Financial Services/Financial Services (105th-109th Congresses)
 H. Science/Science and Technology (105th, 109th, 110th Congresses)
 H. Budget (106th-108th Congresses; 110th Congress)
 H. Veterans’ Affairs (108th-109th Congresses)
 H. Energy and Commerce (110th Congress)
HORN, JOAN KELLY. Democrat; Missouri, 2nd District. Elected to the 102nd Congress. (served
Jan. 3, 1991-Jan. 3, 1993)
Committee assignments:
 H. Public Works and Transportation (102nd Congress)
 H. Science, Space, and Technology (102nd Congress)
 H. Select Children, Youth, and Family (102nd Congress)
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HORN, KENDRA. Democrat; Oklahoma, 5th District. Elected to the 116th Congress. (served Jan.
3, 2019-present)
Committee assignments:
 H. Science, Space and Technology (116th Congress)
 H. Armed Services (116th Congress)
HOULAHAN, CHRISTINA. Democrat; Pennsylvania, 6th District. Elected to the 116th
Congress. (served Jan. 3, 2019-present)
Committee assignments:
 H. Smal Business (116th Congress)
 H. Foreign Affairs (116th Congress)
 H. Armed Services (116th Congress)
HUCK, WINNIFRED SPRAGUE MASON. Republican; Il inois, At Large. Elected to the 67th
Congress in a Nov. 7, 1922, special election to fil vacancy caused by death of her father, Wil iam
E. Mason. (served Nov. 20, 1922-March 3, 1923)
Committee assignments:
 H. Expenditures in the Department of Commerce (67th Congress)
 H. Reform in the Civil Service (67th Congress)
 H. Woman Suffrage (67th Congress)
HUMPHREY, MURIEL BUCK. Democrat; Minnesota, Senator. Appointed to the Senate Jan.
25, 1978, to fil vacancy caused by death of husband, Hubert H. Humphrey. (served Feb. 6, 1978-
Jan. 3, 1979)
Committee assignments:
 S. Foreign Relations (95th Congress)
 S. Governmental Affairs (95th Congress)
HUTCHISON, KAY BAILEY. Republican; Texas, Senator. Elected on June 5, 1993, to fil
vacancy caused by resignation of Lloyd Bentsen. Subsequently elected to a full term in 1994, and
reelected in 2000 and 2006. (served June 14, 1993-Jan. 3, 2013)
Committee assignments:
 S. Armed Service (103rd-104th Congresses)
 S. Commerce, Science, and Transportation (103rd-112th Congresses; ranking
member, 111th-112th Congresses)
 S. Smal Business (103rd-104th Congresses)
 S. Select Intel igence (104th Congress)
 S. Appropriations (105th-112th Congresses)
 S. Rules and Administration (105th-112th Congresses)
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 S. Environment and Public Works (106th Congress)
 S. Veterans’ Affairs (107th-110th Congresses)
 S. Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (111th Congress)
HYDE-SMITH, CINDY. Republican; Mississippi, Senator. Appointed to the Senate March 21,
2018, to fil vacancy caused by resignation of Thad Cochran. Elected in Nov. 2018. (served April
9, 2018-present)
Committee assignments:
 S. Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry (115th-116th Congresses)
 S. Appropriations (115th-116th Congresses)
 S. Rules and Administration (115th-116th Congresses)
 S. Energy and Natural Resources (116th Congress)
JACKSON LEE, SHEILA. Democrat; Texas, 18th District. Elected to the 104th-116th
Congresses. (served Jan. 3, 1995-present)
Committee assignments:
 H. Judiciary (104th-116th Congresses)
 H. Science (104th-109th Congresses)
 H. Homeland Security (108th-116th Congresses)
 H. Foreign Affairs (110th-111th Congresses)
 H. Budget (116th Congress)
JAYAPAL, PRAMILA. Democrat; Washington, 7th District. Elected to the 115th-116th
Congresses. (served Jan. 3, 2017-present)
Committee assignments:
 H. Budget (115th-116th Congresses)
 H. Judiciary (115th-116th Congresses)
 H. Education and Labor (116th Congress)
JENCKES, VIRGINIA ELLIS. Democrat; Indiana, 6th District. Elected to the 73rd-75th
Congresses. (served March 9, 1933-Jan. 3, 1939)
Committee assignments:
 H. Civil Service (73rd-75th Congresses)
 H. District of Columbia (73rd-75th Congresses)
 H. Mines and Mining (73rd-74th Congresses)
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JENKINS, LYNN. Republican; Kansas, 2nd District. Elected to the 111th-115th Congresses.
(served Jan. 3, 2009-Jan. 3, 2019)
Committee assignments:
 H. Financial Services (111th Congress)
 H. Ways and Means (112th-115th Congresses)
JOHNSON, EDDIE BERNICE. Democrat; Texas, 30th District. Elected to the 103rd-116th
Congresses (served Jan. 3, 1993-present). Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, 107th
Congress.
Committee assignments:
 H. Public Works and Transportation (103rd Congress)
 H. Science, Space, and Technology/Science/Science and Technology (103rd-116th
Congresses; ranking member, 112th-115th Congresses; chair, 116th Congress)
 H. Transportation and Infrastructure (104th-116th Congresses)
JOHNSON, NANCY L. Republican; Connecticut, 6th District (98th-107th Congresses) and 5th
District (108th-109th Congresses). Elected to the 98th-109th Congresses. (served Jan. 3, 1983-Jan.
3, 2007)
Committee assignments:
 H. Public Works and Transportation (98th-100th Congresses)
 H. Veterans’ Affairs (98th-99th Congresses)
 H. Select Children, Youth, and Families (98th-100th Congresses)
 H. Budget (100th Congress)
 H. Ways and Means (101st-109th Congresses)
 H. Standards of Official Conduct (102nd-104th Congresses; chair, 104th Congress)
 Jt. Taxation (109th Congress)
JONES, BRENDA. Democrat; Michigan, 13th District. Elected to the 115th Congress in a Nov. 6,
2018 special election to fil vacancy caused by resignation of John Conyers. (served Nov. 29,
2018-Jan. 3, 2019)
No committee assignments.
JONES, STEPHANIE TUBBS. Democrat; Ohio, 11th District. Elected to the 106th-110th
Congresses. (served Jan. 3, 1999, until her death on August 20, 2008)
Committee assignments:
 H. Banking and Financial Services (106th Congress)
 H. Financial Services (107th Congress)
 H. Smal Business (106th-107th Congresses)
 H. Standards of Official Conduct (107th-110th Congresses; chair, 110th Congress)
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 H. Ways and Means (108th-110th Congresses)
JORDAN, BARBARA C. Democrat; Texas, 18th District. Elected to the 93rd-95th Congresses.
(served Jan. 3, 1973-Jan. 3, 1979)
Committee assignments:
 H. Judiciary (93rd-95th Congresses)
 H. Government Operations (94th-95th Congresses)
KAHN, FLORENCE PRAG. Republican; California, 4th District. Elected to the 69th Congress in
a Feb. 17, 1925, special election to fil vacancy caused by death of husband, Julius Kahn;
reelected to the 70th-74th Congresses. (served Dec. 7, 1925-Jan. 3, 1937)
Committee assignments:
 H. Census (69th Congress)
 H. Coinage, Weights, and Measures (69th Congress)
 H. Education (69th Congress)
 H. Expenditures in the War Department (69th Congress)
 H. War Claims (70th Congress)
 H. Military Affairs (71st-72nd Congresses)
 H. Appropriations (73rd-74th Congresses)
KAPTUR, MARCY. Democrat; Ohio, 9th District. Elected to the 98th-116th Congresses. (served
Jan. 3, 1983-present)
Committee assignments:
 H. Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs (98th-101st Congresses)
 H. Veterans’ Affairs (98th-100th Congresses)
 H. Budget (101st, 112th Congresses)
 H. Appropriations (101st-116th Congresses)
KASSEBAUM, NANCY LANDON. Republican; Kansas, Senator. Elected to the Senate in
1978. Reelected to the Senate in 1984 and 1990. (served Dec. 23, 1978-Jan. 3, 1997)
Committee assignments:
 S. Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (96th, 101st, 102nd Congresses)
 S. Special Committee on Aging (96th-98th Congresses; 101st-102nd Congresses)
 S. Budget (96th-100th Congresses)
 S. Commerce, Science, and Transportation (96th-100th Congresses)
 S. Select Committee on Ethics (99th-100th Congresses)
 S. Foreign Relations (97th-104th Congresses)
 S. Labor and Human Resources (101st-104th Congresses; ranking member, 103rd
Congress; chair, 104th Congress)
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 S. Indian Affairs (102nd-104th Congresses)
 Jt. Committee on the Organization of Congress (103rd Congress)
KEE, MAUDE ELIZABETH. Democrat; West Virginia, 5th District. Elected to the 82nd
Congress in a July 16, 1951, special election to fil vacancy caused by death of husband, John
Kee; reelected to the 83rd-88th Congresses. (served July 26, 1951-Jan. 3, 1965)
Committee assignments:
 H. Veterans’ Affairs (82nd-88th Congresses)
 H. Government Operations (85th-87th Congresses)
 H. Interior and Insular Affairs (88th Congress)
KELLY, EDNA FLANNERY. Democrat; New York, 12th District. Elected to the 81st Congress
Nov. 8, 1949, to fil vacancy caused by death of Andrew L. Somers; reelected to the 82nd-90th
Congresses. (served Jan. 3, 1950-Jan. 3, 1969)
Committee assignments:
 H. Foreign Affairs (81st-90th Congresses)
 H. Standards of Official Conduct (90th Congress)
KELLY, ROBIN. Democrat; Il inois, 2nd District. Elected to the 113th Congress in a April 9,
2013, special election to vacancy caused by resignation of Jesse Jackson Jr.; reelected to the
114th-116th Congresses. (served April 11, 2013-present)
Committee assignments:
 H. Oversight and Government Reform/Oversight and Reform (113th-116th
Congresses)
 H. Science, Space, and Technology (113th Congress)
 H. Foreign Affairs (114th-115th Congresses)
 H. Energy and Commerce (116th Congress)
KELLY, SUE. Republican; New York, 19th District. Elected to the 104th-109th Congresses.
(served Jan. 3, 1995-Jan. 3, 2007)
Committee assignments:
 H. Banking and Financial Services/Financial Services (104th-109th Congresses)
 H. Smal Business (104th-109th Congresses)
 H. Transportation and Infrastructure (104th-109th Congresses)
KENNELLY, BARBARA BAILEY. Democrat; Connecticut, 1st District. Elected to the 97th
Congress in a Jan. 12, 1982, special election to fil vacancy caused by death of Wil iam R. Cotter;
reelected to the 98th-105th Congresses. (served Jan. 12, 1982-Jan. 3, 1999)
Committee assignments:
 H. Government Operations (97th Congress)
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 H. Public Works and Transportation (97th Congress)
 H. Select Intel igence (100th-102nd Congresses)
 H. Budget (103rd Congress)
 H. Administration (103rd Congress)
 H. Ways and Means (98th-105th Congresses)
KEYS, MARTHA ELIZABETH. Democrat; Kansas, 2nd District. Elected to the 94th-95th
Congresses. (served Jan. 3, 1975-Jan. 3, 1979)
Committee assignment:
 H. Ways and Means (94th-95th Congresses)
KILPATRICK, CAROLYN CHEEKS. Democrat; Michigan, 15th District (105th-107th
Congresses) and 13th District (108th-111th Congresses). Elected to the 105th-111th Congresses.
(served Jan. 3, 1997-Jan. 3, 2011). Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, 110th Congress.
Committee assignments:
 H. Banking and Financial Services (105th Congress)
 H. House Oversight (105th Congress)
 Jt. Library (105th Congress)
 H. Appropriations (106th-111th Congresses)
KILROY, MARY JO. Democrat; Ohio, 15th District. Elected to the 111th Congress. (served Jan.
3, 2009-Jan. 3, 2011)
Committee assignments:
 H. Financial Services (111th Congress)
 H. Homeland Security (111th Congress)
KIRKPATRICK, ANN. Democrat; Arizona, 1st District (111th, 113th, and 114th Congresses) and
2nd District (116th Congress-present). Elected to the 111th, 113th, 114th, and 116th Congresses.
(served Jan. 3, 2009-Jan. 3, 2011; Jan. 3, 2013-Jan. 3, 2017; Jan. 3, 2019-present)
Committee assignments:
 H. Homeland Security (111th Congress)
 H. Smal Business (111th Congress)
 H. Veterans Affairs (111th, 113th Congresses)
 H. Transportation and Infrastructure (113th-114th Congresses)
 H. Agriculture (114th, 116th Congresses)
 H. Appropriations (116th Congress)
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KLOBUCHAR, AMY. Democrat; Minnesota, Senator. Elected to Senate in 2006 and reelected
in 2012 and 2018. (served Jan. 3, 2007-present)
Committee assignments:
 S. Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry (110th-116th Congresses)
 S. Commerce, Science, and Transportation (110th-116th Congresses)
 S. Environment and Public Works (110th-111th Congresses)
 Jt. Economic (110th-116th Congresses; Vice Chair, 113th Congress)
 S. Judiciary (111th-116th Congresses)
 S. Rules (114th-116th Congresses; ranking member, 115th-116th Congresses)
 Jt. Printing (116th Congress)
 Jt. Library (116th Congress)
KNUTSON, COYA GJESDAL. Democrat; Minnesota, 9th District. Elected to the 84th-85th
Congresses. (served Jan. 3, 1955-Jan. 3, 1959)
Committee assignment:
 H. Agriculture (84th-85th Congresses)
KOSMAS, SUZANNE. Democrat; Florida, 24th District. Elected to the 111th Congress. (served
Jan. 6, 2009-Jan. 3, 2011)
Committee assignments:
 H. Finance Services (111th Congress)
 H. Science and Technology (111th Congress)
KUSTER, ANN McLANE. Democrat; New Hampshire, 2nd District. Elected to the 113th-116th
Congresses. (served Jan. 3, 2013-present)
Committee assignments:
 H. Agriculture (113th-115th Congresses)
 H. Smal Business (113th Congress)
 H. Veterans’ Affairs (113th-115th Congresses)
 H. Energy and Commerce (116th Congress)
LANDRIEU, MARY. Democrat; Louisiana, Senator. Elected to the Senate in 1996; reelected in
2002 and 2008. (served Jan. 3, 1997-Jan. 3, 2015)
Committee assignments:
 S. Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (105th Congress)
 S. Energy and Natural Resources (105th-113th Congresses; chair, 113th Congress,
2nd session)
 S. Smal Business and Entrepreneurship (105th-113th Congresses; chair, 111th
Congress-113th Congress, 1st session)
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 S. Armed Services (106th-107th Congresses)
 S. Appropriations (107th-113th Congresses)
 S. Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (110th-113th Congresses)
LANGLEY, KATHERINE GUDGER. Republican; Kentucky, 10th District. Elected to the 70th-
71st Congresses. (served Dec. 5, 1927-March 3, 1931)
Committee assignments:
 H. Claims (70th-71st Congresses)
 H. Immigration and Naturalization (70th-71st Congresses)
 H. Invalid Pensions (70th-71st Congresses)
 H. Education (71st Congress)
LAWRENCE, BRENDA L. Democrat; Michigan, 14th District. Elected to the 114th-116th
Congress. (served Jan. 3, 2015-present)
Committee assignments:
 H. Oversight and Government Reform/Oversight and Reform (114th-116th
Congresses)
 H. Smal Business (114th Congress)
 H. Transportation and Infrastructure (115th Congress)
 H. Appropriations (116th Congress)
LEE, BARBARA. Democrat; California, 9th District (105th-112th Congresses); 13th District
(113th-116th Congresses). Elected to the 105th Congress in an April 7, 1998, special election to fil
vacancy caused by resignation of Ronald Del ums; reelected to the 106th-116th Congresses.
(served April 20, 1998-present). Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, 111th Congress.
Committee assignments:
 H. Banking and Financial Services/Financial Services (105th-109th Congresses)
 H. Science (105th Congress)
 H. International Relations/Foreign Affairs (107th-111th Congresses)
 H. Appropriations (110th-116th Congresses)
 H. Budget (113th-116th Congresses)
LEE, SUSIE. Democrat; Nevada, 3rd District. Elected to the 116th Congress. (served Jan. 3, 2019-
present)
Committee assignment:
 H. Veterans’ Affairs (116th Congress)
 H. Education and Labor (116th Congress)
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LESKO, DEBBIE. Republican; Arizona, 8th District. Elected to the 115th Congress in an April
24, 2018, special election to fil vacancy caused by resignation of Trent Franks; reelected to the
116th Congress. (served May 7, 2018-present)
Committee assignments:
 H. Homeland Security (115th-116th Congresses)
 H. Judiciary (116th Congress)
 H. Rules (116th Congress)
LINCOLN, BLANCHE LAMBERT. Democrat; Arkansas, 1st District. Elected to the 103rd-104th
Congresses (served in House Jan. 3, 1993-Jan. 3, 1997). Subsequently elected to the Senate in
1998 and reelected in 2004. (served in Senate Jan. 3, 1999-Jan. 3, 2011)
Committee assignments:
 H. Agriculture (103rd Congress)
 H. Energy and Commerce (103rd Congress)
 H. Merchant Marine and Fisheries (103rd Congress)
 H. Commerce (104th Congress)
 S. Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (106th-111th Congresses; chair, 111th
Congress)
 S. Energy and Natural Resources (106th, 111th Congresses)
 S. Special Committee on Aging (106th-111th Congresses)
 S. Finance (107th-111th Congresses)
 S. Select Committee on Ethics (107th-108th Congresses)
LOEFFLER, KELLY. Republican; Georgia, Senator. Appointed to the Senate Dec. 4, 2019, to
fil vacancy caused by the resignation of Johnny Isakson, and was sworn in Jan. 6, 2020. (served
Jan. 6, 2020-present)
Committee assignments:
 S. Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (116th Congress)
 S. Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (116th Congress)
 Joint Economic Committee (116th Congress)
 S. Veterans’ Affairs (116th Congress)
LLOYD, MARILYN. Democrat; Tennessee, 3rd District. Elected to the 94th-103rd Congresses.
(served Jan. 3, 1975-Jan. 3, 1995)
Committee assignments:
 H. Science, Space, and Technology (94th-103rd Congresses)
 H. Public Works and Transportation (94th-99th Congresses)
 H. Select Committee on Aging (96th-102nd Congresses)
 H. Armed Services (98th-103rd Congresses)
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LOFGREN, ZOE. Democrat; California, 16th District (104th-112th Congresses); 19th District
(113th Congress-present). Elected to the 104th-116th Congresses. (served Jan. 3, 1995-present)
Committee assignments:
 H. Judiciary (104th-116th Congresses)
 H. Science/Science, Space and Technology (104th-108th Congresses; 113th-116th
Congresses)
 H. Standards of Official Conduct (105th-107th Congresses; chair, 111th Congress)
 H. Homeland Security (108th-111th Congresses)
 H. Administration (109th-116th Congresses; chair, 116th Congress)
 Jt. Library (109th-110th Congresses; 113th-116th Congresses)
 H. Select Modernization of Congress (116th Congress)
 Jt. Printing (chair, 116th Congress)
LONG, CATHERINE S. Democrat; Louisiana, 8th District. Elected to the 99th Congress in a
March 30, 1985, special election to fil vacancy caused by death of husband, Gil is Long. (served
April 4, 1985-Jan. 3, 1987)
Committee assignments:
 H. Public Works (99th Congress)
 H. Smal Business (99th Congress)
LONG, JILL. Democrat; Indiana, 4th District. Elected to the 101st Congress in a March 28, 1989,
special election to fil vacancy caused by resignation of Dan Coats; reelected to the 102nd-103rd
Congresses. (served April 5, 1989-Jan. 3, 1995)
Committee assignments:
 H. Agriculture (101st-103rd Congresses)
 H. Veterans’ Affairs (101st-103rd Congresses)
 H. Select Committee on Hunger (101st-102nd Congresses)
LONG, ROSE McCONNELL. Democrat; Louisiana, Senator. Appointed to the Senate Jan. 31,
1936, to fil vacancy caused by death of her husband, Huey Pierce Long; subsequently elected
April 21, 1936, in a special election to fil the remaining months of his term. (served Feb. 10,
1936-Jan. 3, 1937)
Committee assignments:
 S. Claims (74th Congress)
 S. Immigration (74th Congress)
 S. Interoceanic Canals (74th Congress)
 S. Post Office and Post Roads (74th Congress)
 S. Public Lands and Surveys (74th Congress)
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LOVE, MIA B. Republican; Utah, 4th District. Elected to the 114th-115th Congress. (served Jan. 3,
2015-Jan. 3, 2019)
Committee assignment:
 H. Financial Services (114th-115th Congresses)
LOWEY, NITA M. Democrat; New York, 20th District (101st-102nd Congresses); 18th District
(103rd-112th Congresses); 17th District (113th Congress-present). Elected to the 101st-116th
Congresses. (served Jan. 3, 1989-present)
Committee assignments:
 H. Education and Labor (101st-102nd Congresses)
 H. Merchant Marine and Fisheries (101st-102nd Congresses)
 H. Select Narcotics Abuse and Control (101st-102nd Congresses)
 H. Appropriations (103rd-116th Congresses; ranking member, 113th-115th
Congresses; chair, 116th Congress)
 H. Homeland Security (108th-110th Congresses)
 Jt. Select Budget and Appropriations Process Reform (115th Congress; co-chair)
LUCE, CLARE BOOTHE. Republican; Connecticut, 4th District. Elected to the 78th-79th
Congresses. (served Jan. 3, 1943-Jan. 3, 1947)
Committee assignment:
 H. Military Affairs (78th-79th Congresses)
LUJAN GRISHAM, MICHELLE. Democrat; New Mexico, 1st District. Elected to the 113th-
115th Congresses. Chair, Congressional Hispanic Caucus, 115th Congress. (served Jan. 3, 2013-
until her resignation Dec. 31, 2018)
Committee assignments:
 H. Agriculture (113th-115th Congresses)
 H. Budget (113th-115th Congresses)
 H. Oversight and Government Reform (113th-114th Congresses)
LUMMIS, CYNTHIA. Republican; Wyoming, At Large. Elected to the 111th-114th Congresses.
(served Jan. 3, 2009-Jan. 3, 2017)
Committee assignments:
 H. Agriculture (111th Congress)
 H. Budget (111th Congress)
 H. Natural Resources (111th Congress; 113th-114th Congresses)
 H. Appropriations (112th Congress)
 H. Oversight and Government Reform (113th-114th Congresses)
 H. Science, Space and Technology (113th Congress)
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LURIA, ELAINE. Democrat; Virginia, 2nd District. Elected to the 116th Congress. (served Jan. 3,
2019-present)
Committee assignments:
 H. Veterans’ Affairs (116th Congress)
 H. Armed Services (116th Congress)
LUSK, GEORGIA LEE. Democrat; New Mexico, At Large. Elected to the 80th Congress.
(served Jan. 3, 1947-Jan. 3, 1949)
Committee assignment:
 H. Veterans’ Affairs (80th Congress)
MAJETTE, DENISE L. Democrat; Georgia, 4th District. Elected to the 108th Congress. (served
Jan. 3, 2003-Jan. 3, 2005)
Committee assignments:
 H. Budget (108th Congress)
 H. Education and the Workforce (108th Congress)
 H. Smal Business (108th Congress)
MALONEY, CAROLYN. Democrat; New York, 14th District (103rd-112th Congresses); 12th
District (113th Congress-present). Elected to the 103rd-116th Congresses. (served Jan. 3, 1993-
present)
Committee assignments:
 H. Government Operations/Government Reform/Oversight and Government
Reform/Oversight and Reform (103th-116th Congresses; chair, 116th Congress)
 H. Banking and Financial Services/Financial Services (103rd-116th Congresses)
 Jt. Economic (105th-116th Congresses; vice chair, 110th Congress and 116th
Congresses; chair, 111th Congress; ranking member, 114th Congress)
 H. Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus (116th Congress)
MANKIN, HELEN DOUGLAS. Democrat; Georgia, 5th District. Elected to the 79th Congress in
a Feb. 12, 1946, special election to fil vacancy caused by resignation of Robert Ramspeck.
(served Feb. 25, 1946-Jan. 3, 1947)
Committee assignments:
 H. Civil Service (79th Congress)
 H. Claims (79th Congress)
 H. Elections (79th Congress)
 H. Revision of Laws (79th Congress)
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MARGOLIES-MEZVINSKY, MARJORIE. Democrat; Pennsylvania, 13th District. Elected to
the 103rd Congress. (served Jan. 3, 1993-Jan. 3, 1995)
Committee assignments:
 H. Energy and Commerce (103rd Congress)
 H. Government Operations (103rd Congress)
 H. Smal Business (103rd Congress)
MARKEY, BETSY. Democrat; Colorado, 4th District. Elected to the 111th Congress. (served Jan.
3, 2009-Jan. 3, 2011)
Committee assignments:
 H. Agriculture (111th Congress)
 H. Transportation and Infrastructure (111th Congress)
MARTIN, LYNN M. Republican; Il inois, 16th District. Elected to the 97th-101st Congresses.
(served Jan. 3, 1981-Jan. 3, 1991)
Committee assignments:
 H. Administration (97th-98th Congresses)
 H. Budget (97th-99th Congresses)
 H. Armed Services (99th-100th Congresses)
 Jt. Printing (98th Congress)
 H. Rules (101st Congress)
 H. Bipartisan Task Force on Ethics (vice chair, 101st Congress)
MATSUI, DORIS O. Democrat; California, 5th District (109th-112th Congresses); 6th District
(113th Congress-present). Elected to the 109th Congress in a March 8, 2005, special election to fil
vacancy caused by death of husband, Robert Matsui; reelected to the 110th-116th Congresses.
(served March 10, 2005-present)
Committee assignments:
 H. Rules (109th-111th, 116th Congresses)
 H. Science (109th Congress)
 H. Transportation and Infrastructure (110th Congress)
 H. Energy and Commerce (110th-116th Congresses)
MAY, CATHERINE DEAN. Republican; Washington, 4th District. Elected to the 86th-91st
Congresses. (served Jan. 3, 1959-Jan. 3, 1971)
Committee assignments:
 H. Agriculture (86th-91st Congresses)
 H. District of Columbia (91st Congress, 1st session)
 H. Select Committee on the House Beauty Shop (90th-91st Congresses)
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 Jt. Atomic Energy (91st Congress)
MCBATH, LUCY. Democrat; Georgia, 6th District. Elected to the 116th Congress. (served Jan. 3,
2019-present)
Committee assignments:
 H. Judiciary (116th Congress)
 H. Education and Labor (116th Congress)
MCCARTHY, CAROLYN. Democrat; New York, 4th District. Elected to the 105th-113th
Congresses. (served Jan. 7, 1997-Jan. 3, 2015)
Committee assignments:
 H. Education and the Workforce/Education and Labor (105th-113th Congresses)
 H. Smal Business (105th-106th Congresses)
 H. Financial Services (108th-113th Congresses)
MCCARTHY, KAREN. Democrat; Missouri, 5th District. Elected to the 104th-108th Congresses.
(served Jan. 3, 1995-Jan. 3, 2005)
Committee assignments:
 H. Science (104th Congress)
 H. Smal Business (104th Congress)
 H. Transportation and Infrastructure (104th Congress)
 H. Commerce/Energy and Commerce (105th-108th Congresses)
 H. Homeland Security (108th Congress)
MCCARTHY, KATHYRN O’LOUGHLIN. Democrat; Kansas, 6th District. Elected to the 73rd
Congress. (served March 9, 1933-Jan. 3, 1935)
Committee assignments:
 H. Education (73rd Congress)
 H. Public Buildings and Grounds (73rd Congress)
 H. World War Veterans’ Legislation (73rd Congress)
MCCASKILL, CLAIRE. Democrat; Missouri, Senator. Elected to the Senate in 2006; reelected
in 2012. (served Jan. 3, 2007-Jan. 3, 2019)
Committee assignments:
 S. Armed Services (110th-115th Congresses)
 S. Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (110th-115th Congresses; ranking
member, 115th Congress)
 S. Indian Affairs (110th Congress)
 S. Special Aging (110th-114th Congresses; ranking member, 114th Congress)
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 S. Commerce, Science, and Transportation (111th-114th Congresses)
 S. Finance (115th Congress)
MCCOLLUM, BETTY. Democrat; Minnesota, 4th District. Elected to the 107th-116th
Congresses. (served Jan. 3, 2001-present)
Committee assignments:
 H. Education and the Workforce (107th-109th Congresses)
 H. Resources (107th-108th Congresses)
 H. International Relations (108th-109th Congresses)
 H. Appropriations (110th-116th Congresses)
 H. Oversight and Government Reform (110th Congress)
 H. Budget (111th-112th Congresses)
MCCORMICK, RUTH HANNA. Republican; Il inois, At Large. Elected to the 71st Congress.
(served April 15, 1929-March 3, 1931)
Committee assignment:
 H. Naval Affairs (71st Congress)
MCKINNEY, CYNTHIA. Democrat; Georgia, 11th District (103rd-104th Congresses) and 4th
District (105th-107th Congress and 109th Congress). Elected to the 103rd-107th Congresses and to
the 109th Congress. (served Jan. 3, 1993-Jan. 3, 2003; Jan. 3, 2005-Jan. 3, 2007)
Committee assignments:
 H. Agriculture (103rd-104th Congresses)
 H. Banking and Finance (104th-105th Congresses)
 H. Foreign Affairs/International Relations (103rd-107th Congresses)
 H. National Security (105th Congress)
 H. Armed Services (106th-107th Congresses; 109th Congress)
 H. Budget (109th Congress)
MCMILLAN, CLARA GOODING. Democrat; South Carolina, 1st District. Elected to the 76th
Congress in a Nov. 7, 1939, special election to fil vacancy caused by death of husband, Thomas
S. McMil an. (served Jan. 3, 1940-Jan. 3, 1941)
Committee assignments:
 H. Election of President, Vice President, and Representatives in Congress (76th
Congress)
 H. Insular Affairs (76th Congress)
 H. Patents (76th Congress)
 H. Public Buildings and Grounds (76th Congress)
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MCMORRIS RODGERS, CATHY. Republican; Washington, 5th District. Elected to the 109th-
116th Congresses. (served Jan. 3, 2005-present)
Committee assignments:
 H. Armed Services (109th-111th Congresses)
 H. Education and the Workforce/Education and Labor (109th-111th Congresses)
 H. Resources/Natural Resources (109th-111th Congresses)
 H. Energy and Commerce (112th-116th Congresses)
MCSALLY, MARTHA. Republican; Arizona, 2nd District. Elected to the 114th-115th Congresses.
(served in House Jan. 3, 2015-Jan. 3, 2019) Appointed to the Senate Jan. 3, 2019, to fil vacancy
caused by death of John McCain. (served in Senate Jan. 3, 2019- Dec. 2, 2020)
Committee assignments:
 H. Armed Services (114th-115th Congresses)
 H. Homeland Security (114th-115th Congresses)
 S. Armed Services (116th Congress)
 S. Banking (116th Congress)
 S. Energy and Natural Resources (116th Congress)
 S. Special Committee on Aging (116th Congress)
 S. Indian Affairs (116th Congress)
MEEK, CARRIE. Democrat; Florida, 17th District. Elected to the 103rd-107th Congresses.
(served Jan. 3, 1993-Jan. 3, 2003)
Committee assignments:
 H. Appropriations (103rd Congress; 105th-107th Congresses)
 H. Budget (104th Congress)
 H. Government Reform and Oversight (104th Congress)
MENG, GRACE. Democrat; New York, 6th District. Elected to the 113th-116th Congresses.
(served Jan. 3, 2013-present)
Committee assignments:
 H. Foreign Affairs (113th-114th Congresses)
 H. Smal Business (113th-114th Congresses)
 H. Appropriations (115th-116th Congresses)
 H. Ethics (116th Congress)
MEYERS, JAN. Republican; Kansas, 3rd District. Elected to the 99th-104th Congresses. (served
Jan. 3, 1985-Jan. 3, 1997)
Committee assignments:
 H. Science and Technology (99th Congress)
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 H. Select Aging (99th-102nd Congresses)
 H. Foreign Affairs/ International Relations (99th-104th Congresses)
 H. Economic and Educational Opportunities (104th Congress)
 H. Smal Business (99th-104th Congresses; ranking member, 103rd Congress;
chair, 104th Congress)
MEYNER, HELEN STEVENSON. Democrat; New Jersey, 13th District. Elected to the 94th-95th
Congresses. (served Jan. 3, 1975-Jan. 3, 1979)
Committee assignments:
 H. District of Columbia (94th-95th Congresses)
 H. Foreign Affairs (94th Congress)
 H. International Relations (95th Congress)
MIKULSKI, BARBARA ANN. Democrat; Maryland, 3rd District. Elected to the 95th-99th
Congresses (served in House Jan. 3, 1977-Jan. 3, 1987). Subsequently elected to the Senate in
1986 and reelected in 1992, 1996, 2004, and 2010. (served in Senate Jan. 6, 1987-Jan. 3, 2017)
Committee assignments:
 H. Interstate and Foreign Commerce (95th-97th Congresses)
 H. Merchant Marine and Fisheries (95th-99th Congresses)
 H. Energy and Commerce (97th-99th Congresses)
 S. Environmental and Public Works (100th Congress)
 S. Appropriations (100th-114th Congresses; chair, 113th Congress; ranking
member, 114th Congress)
 S. Labor and Human Resources (100th-105th Congresses)
 S. Smal Business (100th-102nd Congresses)
 S. Select Ethics (103rd-104th Congresses; 109th Congress)
 S. Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (106th-114th Congresses)
 S. Select Intel igence (107th-114th Congresses)
MILLENDER-McDONALD, JUANITA. Democrat; California, 37th District. Elected to the
104th Congress in a March 26, 1996, special election to fil vacancy caused by resignation of
Walter Tucker; reelected to the 105th-110th Congresses. (served April 16, 1996, until her death
April 22, 2007)
Committee assignments:
 H. Smal Business (104th-110th Congresses)
 H. Transportation and Infrastructure (104th-110th Congresses)
 H. Administration (108th-110th Congresses; ranking member, 109th Congress;
chair, 110th Congress)
 Jt. Library (108th-110th Congresses)
 Jt. Printing (109th-110th Congresses)
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MILLER, CANDICE S. Republican; Michigan, 10th District. Elected to the 108th-114th
Congresses. (served Jan. 3, 2003, until her resignation Dec. 31, 2016)
Committee assignments:
 H. Armed Services (108th-110th Congresses)
 H. Government Reform (108th-109th Congresses)
 H. House Administration (109th Congress; chair, 113th-114th Congresses)
 H. Transportation and Infrastructure (110th-114th Congresses)
 H. Select Energy Independence and Global Warming (110th-111th Congresses)
 H. Homeland Security (110th-114th Congresses)
 Jt. Library (109th Congress; 113th-114th Congresses)
 Jt. Printing (109th Congress; 113th-114th Congresses)
MILLER, CAROL. Republican; West Virginia, 3rd District. Elected to the 116th Congress.
(served Jan. 3, 2019-present)
Committee assignments:
 H. Oversight and Reform (116th Congress)
 H. Transportation and Infrastructure (116th Congress)
 H. Select Committee on the Climate Crisis (116th Congress)
MINK, PATSY TAKEMOTO. Democrat; Hawai , 2nd District. Elected to the 89th-94th
Congresses; elected to the 101st Congress in a Sept. 22, 1990, special election to fil vacancy
caused by resignation of Daniel Akaka; reelected to the 102nd-107th Congresses; posthumously
reelected to the 108th Congress. (served Jan. 3, 1965-Jan. 3, 1977; Sept. 27, 1990, until her death
Sept. 28, 2002)
Committee assignments:
 H. Education and Labor (89th-94th Congresses; 101st-103rd Congresses)
 H. Interior and Insular Affairs (90th-94th Congresses)
 H. Budget (94th Congress; 103rd-105th Congresses)
 H. Government Operations (101st-102nd Congresses)
 H. Natural Resources (103rd Congress)
 H. Economic and Educational Opportunities/Education and the Workforce (104th
-107th Congresses)
 H. Government Reform (106th-107th Congresses)
MOLINARI, SUSAN. Republican; New York, 14th District (101st-102nd Congresses) and 13th
District (103rd-105th Congresses). Elected to the 101st Congress in a March 20, 1990, special
election to fil vacancy caused by resignation of father, Guy Molinari; reelected to the 102nd-105th
Congresses. (served March 27, 1990, until her resignation August 1, 1997)
Committee assignments:
 H. Smal Business (101st Congress)
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 H. Public Works and Transportation (101st-103rd Congresses)
 H. Transportation and Infrastructure (104th-105th Congresses)
 H. Education and Labor (102nd-103rd Congresses)
 H. Budget (104th-105th Congresses)
MOORE, GWENDOLYNNE (GWEN). Democrat; Wisconsin, 4th District. Elected to the 109th-
116th Congresses. (served Jan. 3, 2005-present)
Committee assignments:
 H. Financial Services (109th-115th Congresses)
 H. Smal Business (109th-111th Congresses)
 H. Budget (110th-114th Congresses)
 H. Ways and Means (116th Congress)
MORELLA, CONSTANCE A. Republican; Maryland, 8th District. Elected to the 100th-107th
Congresses. (served Jan. 6, 1987-Jan. 3, 2003)
Committee assignments:
 H. Post Office and Civil Service (100th-103rd Congresses)
 H. Science, Space, and Technology/Science (100th-107th Congresses)
 H. Select Aging (100th-102nd Congresses)
 H. Government Reform and Oversight (104th-107th Congresses)
MOSELEY-BRAUN, CAROL. Democrat; Il inois, Senator. Elected to the Senate in 1992.
(served Jan. 3, 1993-Jan. 3, 1999)
Committee assignments:
 S. Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (103rd-105th Congresses)
 S. Judiciary (103rd Congress)
 S. Smal Business (103rd Congress)
 S. Finance (104th-105th Congresses)
 S. Special Aging (104th-105th Congresses)
MUCARSEL-POWELL, DEBBIE. Democrat; Florida, 26th District. Elected to the 116th
Congress. (served Jan. 3, 2019-present)
Committee assignments:
 H. Transportation and Infrastructure (116th Congress)
 H. Judiciary (116th Congress)
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MURKOWSKI, LISA. Republican; Alaska, Senator. Appointed to the Senate Dec. 20, 2002, by
her father, Frank Murkowski, to the seat he had held before he was elected governor of Alaska.
Reelected to a six-year term in 2004, as wel as in 2010 and 2016. (served Jan. 3, 2003-present)
Committee assignments:
 S. Energy and Natural Resources (108th-116th Congresses; ranking member, 111th-
113th Congresses; chair, 114th-116th Congresses)
 S. Environment and Public Works (108th-109th Congress)
 S. Veterans’ Affairs (108th Congress)
 S. Indian Affairs (108th-116th Congresses; ranking member, part of 110th
Congress)
 S. Foreign Relations (109th-110th Congresses)
 S. Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (110th-116th Congresses)
 S. Appropriations (111th-116th Congresses)
MURPHY, STEPHANIE. Democrat; Florida, 7th District. Elected to the 115th-116th Congresses.
(served Jan. 3, 2017-present)
Committee assignments:
 H. Armed Services (115th Congress)
 H. Smal Business (115th Congress)
 H. Ways and Means (116th Congress)
MURRAY, PATTY. Democrat; Washington, Senator. Elected to the Senate in 1992 and reelected
in 1998, 2004, 2010, and 2016. (served Jan. 5, 1993-present)
Committee assignments:
 S. Appropriations (103rd-111th Congresses; 113th-116th Congresses)
 S. Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (103rd-104th Congresses)
 S. Budget (103rd-116th Congresses; chair, 113th Congress)
 S. Labor and Human Resources (105th Congress)
 S. Veterans Affairs (105th-116th Congresses; chair, 112th Congress)
 S. Select Ethics (105th Congress)
 S. Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (106th-116th Congresses; ranking
member, 114th -116th Congresses)
 S. Foreign Relations (110th Congress)
 S. Indian Affairs (110th Congress)
 Jt. Printing (111th-112th Congresses)
 S. Rules and Administration (111th-113th Congresses)
 Jt. Select Committee on Deficit Reduction (112th-113th Congresses; co-chair,
113th Congress)
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MUSGRAVE, MARILYN. Republican; Colorado, 4th District. Elected to the 108th-110th
Congresses. (served Jan. 3, 2003-Jan. 3, 2009)
Committee assignments:
 H. Agriculture (108th-110th Congresses)
 H. Education and the Workforce (108th-109th Congresses)
 H. Smal Business (108th-110th Congresses)
 H. Resources (109th Congress)
MYRICK, SUE. Republican; North Carolina, 9th District. Elected to the 104th-112th Congresses.
(served Jan. 3, 1995, to Jan. 3, 2013)
Committee assignments:
 H. Budget (104th Congress)
 H. Science (104th Congress)
 H. Smal Business (104th Congress)
 H. Rules (105th-108th Congresses)
 H. Energy and Commerce (109th-112th Congresses)
 H. Intel igence (112th Congress)
NAPOLITANO, GRACE FLORES. Democrat; California, 34th District (106th-107th
Congresses), 38th District (108th-112th Congresses) and 32nd District (113th Congress-present).
Elected to the 106th-116th Congresses (served Jan. 3, 1999-present). Chair of the Congressional
Hispanic Caucus, 109th Congress.
Committee assignments:
 H. Resources/Natural Resources (106th-116th Congresses)
 H. Smal Business (106th-108th Congresses)
 H. International Relations (107th-109th Congresses)
 H. Transportation and Infrastructure (110th-116th Congresses)
NEGRETE McLEOD, GLORIA. Democrat; California, 35th District. Elected to the 113th
Congress. (served Jan. 3, 2013-Jan. 3, 2015)
Committee assignments:
 H. Agriculture (113th Congress)
 H. Veterans’ Affairs (113th Congress)
NEUBERGER, MAURINE BROWN. Democrat; Oregon, Senator. Elected to the Senate in a
Nov. 8, 1960, special election to fil vacancy caused by death of husband, Richard L. Neuberger,
and for the ensuing six-year term. (served Nov. 9, 1960-Jan. 3, 1967)
Committee assignments:
 S. Agriculture and Forestry (87th-88th Congresses)
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 S. Banking and Currency (87th-89th Congresses)
 S. Special Committee on Aging (87th Congress)
 S. Committee on Parliamentary Conference with Canada (87th Congress, 2nd
session)
 S. Commerce (89th Congress)
NOEM, KRISTI. Republican; South Dakota, At Large. Elected to the 112th-115th Congresses.
(served Jan. 3, 2011-Jan.3, 2019)
Committee assignments:
 H. Education and the Workforce (112th Congress)
 H. Natural Resources (112th Congress)
 H. Agriculture (113th Congress)
 H. Ways and Means (114th-115th Congresses)
NOLAN, MAE ELLA. Republican; California, 5th District. Elected to the 67th Congress in a Jan.
23, 1923, special election to fil vacancy caused by death of husband, John Nolan, and also to the
68th Congress. (served Feb. 2, 1923-March 3, 1925). First woman to chair a congressional
committee.
Committee assignments:
 H. Expenditures in the Post Office Department (67th-68th Congresses; chair, 68th
Congress)
 H. Labor (67th-68th Congresses)
NORRELL, CATHERINE DORRIS. Democrat; Arkansas, 6th District. Elected to the 87th
Congress in an April 18, 1961, special election to fil vacancy caused by death of husband,
Wil iam Frank Norrel . (served April 25, 1961-Jan. 3, 1963)
Committee assignment:
 H. Post Office and Civil Service (87th Congress)
NORTHUP, ANNE M. Republican; Kentucky 3rd District. Elected to the 105th-109th Congresses.
(served Jan. 3, 1997-Jan. 3, 2007)
Committee assignment:
 H. Appropriations (105th-109th Congresses)
NORTON, ELEANOR HOLMES. Democrat; Delegate from the District of Columbia. Elected
to the 102nd-116th Congresses. (served Jan. 3, 1991-present)
Committee assignments:
 H. District of Columbia (102nd-103rd Congresses)
 H. Post Office and Civil Service (102nd-103rd Congresses)
 H. Public Works and Transportation (102nd-103rd Congresses)
 Jt. Committee on the Organization of Congress (103rd Congress)
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 H. Smal Business (104th Congress)
 H. Oversight and Government Reform/ Government Reform/Oversight and
Reform (104th-116th Congresses)
 H. Transportation and Infrastructure (104th-116th Congresses)
 H. Homeland Security (108th-111th Congresses)
NORTON, MARY TERESA. Democrat; New Jersey, 13th District. Elected to the 69th-81st
Congresses. (served Dec. 7, 1925-Jan. 3, 1951)
Committee assignments:
 H. District of Columbia (69th-74th Congresses; chair, 72nd-74th Congresses)
 H. Labor (69th-79th Congresses; chair, 75th-79th Congresses)
 H. World War Veterans Legislation (69th-72nd Congresses)
 H. Memorials (71st-79th Congresses)
 H. Education (78th-79th Congresses)
 H. Enrolled Bil s (78th-79th Congresses)
 H. Administration (ranking member, 80th Congress; chair, 81st Congress)
 Jt. Printing (81st Congress)
 Jt. Library (80th Congress)
OAKAR, MARY ROSE. Democrat; Ohio, 20th District. Elected to the 95th-102nd Congresses.
(served Jan. 3, 1977-Jan. 3, 1993)
Committee assignments:
 H. Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs (95th-102nd Congresses)
 H. Select Committee on Aging (96th-102nd Congresses)
 H. Post Office and Civil Service (97th-102nd Congresses)
 H. Administration (98th-102nd Congresses)
OCASIO-CORTEZ, ALEXANDRIA. Democrat; New York, 14th District. Elected to the 116th
Congress. (served Jan. 3, 2019-present)
Committee assignments:
 H. Oversight and Reform (116th Congress)
 H. Financial Services (116th Congress)
O’DAY, CAROLINE LOVE GOODWIN. Democrat; New York, At Large. Elected to the 74th-
77th Congresses. (served Jan. 3, 1935-Jan. 3, 1943)
Committee assignments:
 H. Election of President, Vice President, and Representatives (74th-77th
Congresses; chair, 75th-77th Congresses)
 H. Immigration and Naturalization (75th-77th Congresses)
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 H. Insular Affairs (75th-77th Congresses)
OLDFIELD, PEARL PEDEN. Democrat; Arkansas, 2nd District. Elected to the 70th Congress in
a Jan. 9, 1929, special election to fil vacancy caused by death of husband, Wil iam A. Oldfield,
and also to the 71st Congress. (served Jan. 11, 1929-March 3, 1931)
Committee assignments:
 H. Coinage, Weights, and Measures (71st Congress)
 H. Expenditures in the Executive Departments (71st Congress)
 H. Public Buildings and Grounds (71st Congress)
OMAR, ILHAN. Democrat; Minnesota, 5th District. Elected to the 116th Congress. (served Jan.
3, 2019-present)
Committee assignments:
 H. Budget (116th Congress)
 H. Foreign Affairs (116th Congress)
 H. Education and Labor (116th Congress)
OWEN, RUTH BRYAN. Democrat; Florida, 4th District. Elected to the 71st-72nd Congresses.
(served April 15, 1929-March 3, 1933)
Committee assignment:
 H. Foreign Affairs (71st-72nd Congresses)
PATTERSON, ELIZABETH J. Democrat; South Carolina, 4th District. Elected to the 100th-
102nd Congresses. (served Jan. 3, 1987-Jan. 3, 1993)
Committee assignments:
 H. Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs (100th-102nd Congresses)
 H. Veterans’ Affairs (100th-102nd Congresses)
 H. Select Hunger (100th-102nd Congresses)
PELOSI, NANCY. Democrat; California, 5th District (100th-102nd Congresses), 8th District
(103rd-112th Congresses); 12th District (113th Congress-present). Elected to the 100th Congress in a
June 2, 1987, special election to fil vacancy caused by death of Sala Burton; reelected to the
101st-116th Congresses. (served June 9, 1987-present). First female Speaker of the House, 110th,
111th, and 116th Congresses.
Committee assignments:
 H. Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs (100th-101st Congresses)
 H. Government Operations (100th-101st Congresses)
 H. Appropriations (102nd-107th Congresses)
 H. Standards of Official Conduct (102nd-104th Congresses)
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 H. Intel igence (104th-107th Congresses; Ex Officio, 108th-113th, 116th
Congresses)
PETTIS, SHIRLEY N. Republican; California, 37th District. Elected to the 94th Congress in a
April 29, 1975, special election to fil vacancy caused by death of husband, Jerry L. Pettis;
reelected to the 95th Congress. (served May 6, 1975-Jan. 3, 1979)
Committee assignments:
 H. Interior and Insular Affairs (94th Congress)
 H. Education and Labor (95th Congress)
 H. International Relations (95th Congress)
PFOST, GRACIE BOWERS. Democrat; Idaho, 1st District. Elected to the 83rd-87th Congresses.
(served Jan. 3, 1953-Jan. 3, 1963)
Committee assignments:
 H. Interior and Insular Affairs (83rd-87th Congresses)
 H. Post Office and Civil Service (84th-85th Congresses)
 H. Public Works (86th-87th Congresses)
PINGREE, CHELLIE. Democrat; Maine, 1st District. Elected to the 111th-116th Congresses.
(served Jan. 3, 2009-present)
Committee assignments:
 H. Armed Services (111th-112th Congresses)
 H. Rules (111th-112th Congresses)
 H. Agriculture (112th -116th Congresses)
 H. Appropriations (113th-116th Congresses)
PLASKETT, STACEY E. Democrat; Delegate from the U.S. Virgin Islands. Elected to the 114th
-116th Congresses. (served Jan. 3, 2015-present)
Committee assignments:
 H. Agriculture (114th-116th Congresses)
 H. Oversight and Government Reform/Oversight and Reform (114th-116th
Congresses)
 H. Transportation and Infrastructure (116th Congress)
PORTER, KATIE. Democrat; California, 45th District. Elected to the 116th Congress. (served
Jan. 3, 2019-present)
Committee assignment:
 H. Financial Services (116th Congress)
 H. Oversight and Reform (116th Congress)
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PRATT, ELIZA JANE. Democrat; North Carolina, 8th District. Elected to the 79th Congress in a
May 25, 1946, special election to fil vacancy caused by death of Wil iam O. Burgin. (served June
3, 1946-Jan. 3, 1947)
Committee assignments:
 H. Flood Control (79th Congress)
 H. Pensions (79th Congress)
 H. Territories (79th Congress)
PRATT, RUTH SEARS BAKER. Republican; New York, 17th District. Elected to the 71st-72nd
Congresses. (served April 15, 1929-March 3, 1933)
Committee assignments:
 H. Banking and Currency (71st Congress)
 H. Library (71st-72nd Congresses)
 H. Education (72nd Congress)
PRESSLEY, AYANNA. Democrat; Massachusetts, 7th District. Elected to the 116th Congress.
(served Jan. 3, 2019-present)
Committee assignments:
 H. Oversight and Reform (116th Congress)
 H. Financial Services (116th Congress)
PRYCE, DEBORAH. Republican; Ohio, 15th District. Elected to the 103rd-110th Congresses.
(served Jan. 3, 1993-Jan. 3, 2009)
Committee assignments:
 H. Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs (103rd Congress)
 H. Government Operations (103rd Congress)
 H. Rules (104th-108th Congresses)
 H. Financial Services (109th-110th Congresses)
PYLE, GLADYS. Republican; South Dakota, Senator. Elected to the Senate Nov. 8, 1938, to fil
vacancy caused by death of Peter Norbeck; never sworn in and seated, because Congress was not
in session between her election and the expiration of the term on Jan. 3, 1939.
No committee assignments listed.
RADEWAGEN, AUMUA AMATA COLEMAN. Republican; Delegate from American Samoa.
Elected to the 114th-116th Congress. (served Jan. 3, 2015-present)
Committee assignments:
 H. Natural Resources (114th-116th Congresses)
 H. Smal Business (114th-116th Congresses)
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 H. Veterans’ Affairs (114th-116th Congresses)
RANKIN, JEANNETTE. Republican; Montana, At Large (65th Congress) and 1st District (77th
Congress). Elected to the 65th Congress and the 77th Congress. (served April 2, 1917-March 4,
1919; Jan. 3, 1941-Jan. 3, 1943) First woman elected to Congress.
Committee assignments:
 H. Public Lands (65th Congress; 77th Congress)
 H. Woman Suffrage (65th Congress)
 H. Insular Affairs (77th Congress)
REECE, LOUISE GOFF. Republican; Tennessee, 1st District. Elected to the 87th Congress in a
May 16, 1961, special election to fil vacancy caused by death of her husband, B. Carroll Reece.
(served May 23, 1961-Jan. 3, 1963)
Committee assignment:
 H. Public Works (87th Congress)
REID, CHARLOTTE THOMPSON. Republican; Il inois, 15th District. Elected to the 88th-92nd
Congresses. (served Jan. 3, 1963, until her resignation on Oct. 7, 1971)
Committee assignments:
 H. Interior and Insular Affairs (88th-89th Congresses)
 H. Public Works (89th Congress)
 H. Appropriations (90th-92nd Congresses)
 H. Standards of Official Conduct (91st-92nd Congresses)
RICE, KATHLEEN M. Democrat; New York; 4th District. Elected to the 114th-116th Congresses.
(served Jan. 3, 2015-present)
Committee assignments:
 H. Homeland Security (114th-116th Congresses)
 H. Veterans’ Affairs (114th-116th Congresses)
RICHARDSON, LAURA. Democrat, California, 37th District. Elected to the 110th Congress in
an August 21, 2007, special election to fil vacancy caused by death of Juanita Mil ender-
McDonald; reelected to the 111th-112th Congresses. (served Sept. 4, 2007, to Jan. 3, 2013)
Committee assignments:
 H. Science and Technology (110th Congress)
 H. Transportation and Infrastructure (110th-112th Congresses)
 H. Homeland Security (111th-112th Congresses)
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RILEY, CORINNE BOYD. Democrat; South Carolina, 2nd District. Elected to the 87th Congress
in an April 10, 1962, special election to fil vacancy caused by death of husband, John J. Riley.
(served April 12, 1962-Jan. 3, 1963)
Committee assignment:
 H. Science and Transportation (87th Congress)
RIVERS, LYNN. Democrat; Michigan, 13th District. Elected to the 104th-107th Congresses.
(served Jan. 3, 1995-Jan. 3, 2003)
Committee assignments:
 H. Budget (104th-106th Congresses)
 H. Science (104th-107th Congresses)
 H. Education and the Workforce (107th Congress)
ROBERTSON, ALICE MARY. Republican; Oklahoma, 2nd District. Elected to the 67th
Congress. (served April 11, 1921-March 3, 1923)
Committee assignments:
 H. Expenditures in the Interior Department (67th Congress)
 H. Indian Affairs (67th Congress)
 H. Woman Suffrage (67th Congress)
ROBY, MARTHA. Republican; Alabama, 2nd District. Elected to the 112th-116th Congresses.
(served Jan. 3, 2011-present)
Committee assignments:
 H. Agriculture (112th-113th Congresses)
 H. Armed Services (112th-113th Congresses)
 H. Education and the Workforce (112th-113th Congresses)
 H. Appropriations (113th-116th Congresses)
 H. Select Terrorist Attack in Benghazi (113th-114th Congresses)
 H. Judiciary (115th -116th Congresses)
ROGERS, EDITH NOURSE. Republican; Massachusetts, 5th District. Elected to the 69th
Congress in a June 30, 1925, special election to fil vacancy caused by death of husband, John J.
Rogers; reelected to the 70th-86th Congresses. (served Dec. 7, 1925, until her death Sept. 10,
1960)
Committee assignments:
 H. Expenditures in the Navy Department (69th Congress)
 H. Industrial Arts and Expositions (69th Congress)
 H. Woman Suffrage (69th Congress)
 H. World War Veterans’ Legislation (69th-79th Congresses)
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 H. Civil Service (70th-77th Congresses)
 H. Indian Affairs (70th Congress)
 H. Foreign Affairs (73rd-79th Congresses)
 H. Veterans’ Affairs (80th-86th Congresses; ranking member, 81st-82nd and 84th-
86th Congresses; chair, 80th and 83rd Congresses)
ROSEN, JACKY. Democrat; Nevada, 3rd District, and Senator. Elected to the 115th Congress.
(served in House Jan. 3, 2017-Jan. 3. 2019) Subsequently elected to the Senate in 2018. (served in
the Senate Jan. 3, 2019-present)
Committee assignments:
 H. Armed Services (115th Congress)
 H. Science, Space and Technology (115th Congress)
 S. Commerce, Science and Transportation (116th Congress)
 S. Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (116th Congress)
 S. Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (116th Congress)
 S. Smal Business (116th Congress)
 S. Special Aging (116th Congress)
ROS-LEHTINEN, ILEANA. Republican; Florida, 18th District (102nd-112th Congresses); 27th
District (113th Congress-present). Elected to the 101st Congress in an August 29, 1989, special
election to fil vacancy caused by death of Claude Pepper; reelected to the 102nd-115th
Congresses. Chair of the Congressional Hispanic Conference in the 109th Congress. (served Sept.
6, 1989-Jan. 3, 2019)
Committee assignments:
 H. Foreign Affairs/International Relations (101st-115th Congresses; ranking
member, 110th-111th Congresses; chair, 112th Congress)
 H. Government Operations/Government Reform (101st-109th Congresses)
 H. Budget (109th Congress)
 H. Rules (113th Congress)
 H. Intel igence (114th-115th Congresses)
ROUKEMA, MARGARET (MARGE) SCAFATI. Republican; New Jersey, 7th District.
Elected to the 97th-107th Congresses. (served Jan. 3, 1981-Jan. 3, 2003)
Committee assignments:
 H. Education and Labor/Economic and Educational Opportunities/Education and
the Workforce (97th-107th Congresses)
 H. Select Hunger (98th-102nd Congresses; vice chair, 100th Congress)
 H. Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs/Banking and Financial Services/Financial
Services (97th-107th Congresses)
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ROYBAL-ALLARD, LUCILLE. Democrat; California, 33rd District (103rd-107th Congresses);
34th District (108th-112th Congresses); 40th District (113th Congress-present). Elected to the 103rd-
116th Congresses. (served Jan. 3, 1993-present)
Committee assignments:
 H. Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs/Banking and Financial Services (103rd-
105th Congresses)
 H. Smal Business (103rd Congress)
 H. Budget (104th-105th Congresses)
 H. Select U.S. National Security and Military/Commercial Concerns with …
China (105th-106th Congresses)
 H. Appropriations (106th-116th Congresses)
 H. Standards of Official Conduct (108th-110th Congresses)
 Jt. Select Budget and Appropriations Process Reform (115th Congress)
SAIKI, PATRICIA F. Republican; Hawai , 1st District. Elected to the 100th-101st Congresses.
(served Jan. 3, 1987-Jan. 3, 1991)
Committee assignments:
 H. Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs (100th-101st Congresses)
 H. Merchant Marine and Fisheries (100th-101st Congresses)
 H. Select Aging (100th-101st Congresses)
ST. GEORGE, KATHARINE PRICE COLLIER. Republican; New York, 28th District. Elected
to the 80th-88th Congresses. (served Jan. 3, 1947-Jan. 3, 1965)
Committee assignments:
 H. Post Office and Civil Service (80th-84th Congresses; 86th-88th Congresses)
 H. Government Operations (83rd Congress)
 H. Armed Services (85th-86th Congresses)
 H. Rules (87th-88th Congresses)
SÁNCHEZ, LINDA. Democrat; California, 39th District (108th-113th Congresses); 38th District
(113th Congress-present). Elected to the 108th-115th Congresses (served Jan. 3, 2003-present).
Sister of Loretta Sanchez. Chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, 114th Congress.
Committee assignments:
 H. Government Reform (108th-109th Congresses)
 H. Judiciary (108th-112th Congresses)
 H. Smal Business (108th-109th Congresses)
 H. Education and Labor (110th Congress)
 H. Foreign Affairs (110th Congress)
 H. Ways and Means (111th Congress; 113th-116th Congresses)
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 H. Veterans’ Affairs (112th Congress)
 H. Ethics (112th-114th Congresses; ranking member, 114th Congress)
 H. Select Terrorist Attack in Benghazi (113th-114th Congresses)
SANCHEZ, LORETTA. Democrat; California, 46th District (105th-107th and 113th-114th
Congresses) and 47th District (108th-110th Congresses). Elected to the 105th-114th Congresses
(served Jan. 3, 1997-Jan. 3, 2017). Sister of Linda Sánchez.
Committee assignments:
 H. Education and the Workforce (105th-107th Congresses)
 H. National Security (105th Congress)
 H. Armed Services (106th-114th Congresses)
 H. Homeland Security (108th-114th Congresses)
 Jt. Economic (109th Congress; 111th-114th Congresses)
SCANLON, MARY GAY. Democrat, Pennsylvania, 7th District (115th Congress); 5th District
(116th Congress). Elected to the 115th Congress in a Nov. 6, 2018 special election to fil vacancy
caused by the resignation of Patrick Meehan, also elected to the 116th Congress. (served Nov. 13,
2018-present)
Committee assignments:
 115th Congress: no assignments
 H. Judiciary (116th Congress)
 H. Rules (116th Congress)
 H. Select Modernization of Congress (116th Congress)
SCHAKOWSKY, JANICE. Democrat; Il inois, 9th District. Elected to the 106th-116th
Congresses. (served Jan. 3, 1999-present)
Committee assignments:
 H. Banking and Financial Services/Financial Services (106th -107th Congresses)
 H. Government Reform (106th-107th Congresses)
 H. Smal Business (106th Congress)
 H. Energy and Commerce (108th-116th Congresses)
 H. Intel igence (110th-113th Congresses)
 H. Appropriations (114th Congress)
 H. Budget (116th Congress)
SCHENK, LYNN. Democrat; California, 49th District. Elected to the 103rd Congress. (served Jan.
3, 1993-Jan. 3, 1995)
Committee assignments:
 H. Energy and Commerce (103rd Congress)
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 H. Merchant Marine and Fisheries (103rd Congress)
SCHMIDT, JEAN. Republican, Ohio, 2nd District. Elected to the 109th Congress in an August 2,
2005, special election to fil vacancy caused by resignation of Rob Portman; reelected to the
110th-112th Congresses. (served Sept. 6, 2005, to Jan. 3, 2013)
Committee assignments:
 H. Agriculture (109th-112th Congresses)
 H. Government Reform (109th Congress)
 H. Transportation and Infrastructure (109th-112th Congresses)
 H. Foreign Affairs (112th Congress)
SCHNEIDER, CLAUDINE CMARADA. Republican; Rhode Island, 2nd District. Elected to the
97th-101st Congresses. (served Jan. 3, 1981-Jan. 3, 1991)
Committee assignments:
 H. Merchant Marine and Fisheries (97th-101st Congresses)
 H. Science and Technology (97th-101st Congresses)
 H. Special Committee on Aging (98th-101st Congresses)
SCHRIER, KIM. Democrat; Washington, 8th District. Elected to the 116th Congress (served Jan.
3, 2019 to present)
Committee assignments:
 H. Agriculture (116th Congress)
 H. Education and Labor (116th Congress)
SCHROEDER, PATRICIA S. Democrat; Colorado, 1st District. Elected to the 93rd-104th
Congresses. (served Jan. 3, 1973-Jan. 3, 1997)
Committee assignments:
 H. Armed Services (93rd-103rd Congresses)
 H. Post Office and Civil Service (93rd-103rd Congresses)
 H. Judiciary (97th-104th Congresses)
 H. Select Children, Youth, and Families (100th-102nd Congresses; chair, 102nd
Congress)
 H. National Security (104th Congress)
SCHWARTZ, ALLYSON Y. Democrat; Pennsylvania, 13th District. Elected to the 109th-113th
Congresses. (served Jan. 3, 2005-Jan. 3, 2015)
Committee assignments:
 H. Budget (109th-113th Congresses)
 H. Transportation and Infrastructure (109th Congress)
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 H. Ways and Means (110th, 111th, 113th Congresses)
 H. Foreign Affairs (112th Congress)
SEASTRAND, ANDREA. Republican; California, 22nd District. Elected to the 104th Congress.
(served Jan. 3, 1995-Jan. 3, 1997)
Committee assignments:
 H. Science (104th Congress)
 H. Transportation and Infrastructure (104th Congress)
SEKULA GIBBS, SHELLEY. Republican; Texas, 22nd District. Elected to the 109th Congress in
a Nov. 7, 2006, special election to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Tom Delay. (served Nov.
13, 2006-Jan. 3, 2007)
Committee assignments:
 H. Education and the Workforce (109th Congress)
 H. Transportation and Infrastructure (109th Congress)
SEWELL, TERRYCINA (“TERRI”). Democrat; Alabama, 7th District. Elected to the 112th-
116th Congresses. (served Jan. 3, 2011-present)
Committee assignments:
 H. Agriculture (112th Congress)
 H. Science, Space and Technology (112th Congress)
 H. Financial Services (113th-114th Congresses)
 H. Intel igence (113th-116th Congresses)
 H. Ways and Means (115th-116th Congresses)
SHAHEEN, JEANNE D. Democrat; New Hampshire; Senator. Elected to Senate in 2008 and
reelected in 2014. (served Jan. 3, 2009-present)
Committee assignments:
 S. Energy and Natural Resources (111th-112th Congresses)
 S. Foreign Relations (111th-116th Congresses)
 S. Smal Business and Entrepreneurship (111th-116th Congresses; ranking
member, 114th-115th Congresses)
 S. Armed Services (112th-116th Congresses)
 S. Appropriations (113th-116th Congresses)
 S. Ethics (115th-116th Congress)
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SHALALA, DONNA. Democrat; Florida, 27th District. Elected to the 116th Congress. (served
Jan. 3, 2019-present)
Committee assignments:
 H. Education and Labor (116th Congress)
 H. Rules (116th Congress)
SHEA-PORTER, CAROL, Democrat; New Hampshire, 1st District. Elected to the 110th, 111th,
113th, and 115th Congresses. (served Jan. 3, 2007-Jan. 3, 2011; Jan. 3, 2013-Jan. 3, 2015; Jan. 3,
2017-Jan. 3, 2019)
Committee assignments:
 H. Armed Services (110th, 111th, 113th, 115th Congresses)
 H. Education and Labor/ Education and the Workforce (110th, 111th, 115th
Congresses)
 H. Natural Resources (111th, 113th Congresses)
SHEPHERD, KAREN. Democrat; Utah, 2nd District. Elected to the 103rd Congress. (served Jan.
3, 1993-Jan. 3, 1995)
Committee assignments:
 H. Natural Resources (103rd Congress)
 H. Public Works and Transportation (103rd Congress)
SHERRILL, MIKIE. Democrat; New Jersey, 11th District. Elected to the 116th Congress. (served
Jan. 3, 2019-present)
Committee assignments:
 H. Science, Space and Technology (116th Congress)
 H. Armed Services (116th Congress)
SIMPSON, EDNA OAKES. Republican; Ohio, 28th District. Elected to the 86th Congress
(served Jan. 3, 1959-Jan. 3, 1961). She succeeded her husband, Sidney Simpson, who died on
Oct. 26, 1958.
Committee assignments:
 H. Administration (86th Congress)
 H. Interior and Insular Affairs (86th Congress)
SINEMA, KYRSTEN. Democrat; Arizona, 9th District, and Senator. Elected to the 113th-115th
Congresses. (served in House Jan. 3, 2013-Jan. 3, 2019) Subsequently elected to the Senate in
2018. (served in Senate Jan. 3, 2019-present)
Committee assignment:
 H. Financial Services (113th-115th Congresses)
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 S. Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs (116th Congress)
 S. Commerce, Science and Transportation (116th Congress)
 S. Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (116th Congress)
 S. Veterans’ Affairs (116th Congress)
 S. Special Aging (116th Congress)
SLAUGHTER, LOUISE MCINTOSH. Democrat; New York; 30th District (100th-102nd
Congresses); 28th District (103rd-112th Congresses); 25th District (113th Congress-present). Elected
to the 100th-115th Congresses. (served Jan. 3, 1987, until her death March 16, 2018)
Committee assignments:
 H. Government Operations (100th-101st Congresses)
 H. Public Works and Transportation (100th-101st Congresses)
 H. Select Aging (100th-102nd Congresses)
 H. Budget (102nd-104th Congresses)
 H. Government Reform and Oversight (104th Congress)
 H. Rules (102nd-115th Congresses; chair, 110th-111th Congresses; ranking member,
109th, 112th-115th Congresses)
 H. Homeland Security (108th Congress)
SLOTKIN, ELISSA. Democrat; Michigan, 8th District. Elected to the 116th Congress. (served
Jan. 3, 2019-present)
Committee assignments:
 H. Homeland Security (116th Congress)
 H. Armed Services (116th Congress)
SMITH, LINDA. Republican; Washington, 3rd District. Elected to the 104th-105th Congresses.
(served Jan. 3, 1995-Jan. 3, 1999)
Committee assignments:
 H. Resources (104th-105th Congresses)
 H. Smal Business (104th-105th Congresses)
SMITH, MARGARET CHASE. Republican; Maine, 2nd District, and Senator. Elected to the
76th Congress in a June 3, 1940, special election to fil vacancy caused by death of husband,
Clyde H. Smith; reelected to the 77th-80th Congresses (served in House June 10, 1940-Jan. 3,
1949). Subsequently elected to the Senate in 1948 and reelected in 1954, 1960, and 1966 (served
in Senate Jan. 3, 1949-Jan. 3, 1973). Chair of the Senate Republican Conference, 1967-1972 (the
highest Senate leadership post held by a woman).
Committee assignments:
 H. Election of the President, Vice President, Representatives in Congress (76th
Congress)
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 H. War Claims (76th Congress)
 H. Revision of the Laws (76th Congress)
 H. Invalid Pensions (76th-77th Congresses)
 H. Education (77th Congress)
 H. Post Office and Post Roads (77th Congress)
 H. Naval Affairs (78th-79th Congresses)
 H. Armed Services (80th Congress)
 S. District of Columbia (81st Congress)
 S. Expenditures in Executive Departments (81st-82nd Congresses)
 S. Rules and Administration (82nd Congress)
 S. Select Senate Employees Compensation Rates (chair, 83rd Congress)
 S. Appropriations (83rd-92nd Congresses)
 S. Armed Services (83rd-92nd Congresses; ranking member, 90th-92nd Congresses)
 S. Government Operations (83rd-85th Congresses)
 S. Aeronautical and Space Sciences (86th-92nd Congresses; ranking member, 88th-
91st Congresses)
SMITH, TINA. Democrat; Minnesota; Senator. Appointed to the Senate Dec. 13, 2017, to fil
vacancy caused by resignation of Al Franken, reelected in 2018. (served Jan. 3, 2018-present)
Committee assignments:
 S. Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry (115th-116th Congresses)
 S. Energy and Natural Resources (115th Congress)
 S. Indian Affairs (115th-116th Congresses)
 Jt. Select Solvency Multiemployer Pension Plans (115th Congress)
 S. Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs (116th Congress)
 S. Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (116th Congress)
SMITH, VIRGINIA. Republican; Nebraska, 3rd District. Elected to the 94th-101st Congresses.
(served Jan. 3, 1975-Jan. 3, 1991)
Committee assignments:
 H. Education and Labor (94th Congress)
 H. Interior and Insular Affairs (94th Congress)
 H. Appropriations (95th-101st Congresses)
SNOWE, OLYMPIA J. Republican; Maine, 2nd District, and Senator. Elected to the 96th-103rd
Congresses (served in House Jan. 3, 1979-Jan. 3, 1995). Subsequently elected to the Senate in
1994 and reelected in 2000 and 2006. (served in Senate Jan. 3, 1995, to Jan. 3, 2013)
Committee assignments:
 H. Government Operations (96th Congress)
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 H. Smal Business (96th-97th Congresses)
 H. Select Committee on Aging (96th-102nd Congresses)
 H. Foreign Affairs (97th-103rd Congresses)
 Jt. Economic (98th-102nd Congresses)
 H. Budget (103rd Congress)
 S. Budget (104th-107th Congresses)
 S. Commerce, Science, and Transportation (104th-112th Congresses)
 S. Foreign Relations (104th Congress)
 S. Smal Business and Entrepreneurship (104th-112th Congresses; chair, 108th-
109th Congresses; ranking member, 110th-112th Congresses)
 S. Armed Services (105th-106th Congresses)
 S. Finance (107th-112th Congresses)
 S. Select Intel igence (108th-112th Congresses)
SOLIS, HILDA. Democrat; California, 31st District (107th Congress) and 32nd District (108th-
111th Congresses). Elected to the 107th-111th Congresses. (served Jan. 3, 2001, until her
resignation on Feb. 23, 2009, to become Secretary of Labor)
Committee assignments:
 H. Education and the Workforce (107th Congress)
 H. Resources/Natural Resources (107th, 110th Congresses)
 H. Energy and Commerce (108th-110th Congresses)
 H. Select Energy Independence and Global Warming (110th Congress)
SPANBERGER, ABIGAIL. Democrat; Virginia, 7th District. Elected to the 116th Congress.
(served Jan. 3, 2019-present)
Committee assignments:
 H. Agriculture (116th Congress)
 H. Foreign Affairs (116th Congress)
SPEIER, JACKIE. Democrat; California, 12th District (110th-112th Congresses); 14th District
(113th Congress-present). Elected to the 110th Congress in an April 8, 2008, special election to fil
vacancy caused by death of Tom Lantos; reelected to the 111th-116th Congresses. (served April 10,
2008-present)
Committee assignments:
 H. Financial Services (110th-111th Congresses)
 H. Oversight and Government Reform/Oversight and Reform (110th-113th, 116th
Congresses)
 H. Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming (111th
Congress)
 H. Homeland Security (112th Congress)
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 H. Armed Services (112th-116th Congresses)
 H. Intel igence (114th-116th Congresses)
SPELLMAN, GLADYS NOON. Democrat; Maryland, 5th District. Elected to the 94th-97th
Congresses. Began service Jan. 14, 1975. Unable to be sworn in to the 97th Congress due to
disability; seat declared vacant Feb. 24, 1981.
Committee assignments:
 H. Banking, Currency, and Housing/Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs (94th-
96th Congresses)
 H. Post Office and Civil Service (94th-95th Congresses)
 H. Democratic Steering and Policy (96th Congress)
STABENOW, DEBBIE. Democrat; Michigan, 8th District, and Senator. Elected to the 105th-106th
Congresses (served in House Jan. 3, 1997-Jan. 3, 2001). Subsequently elected to the Senate in
2000 and reelected in 2006, 2012, and 2018. (served in Senate Jan. 3, 2001-present)
Committee assignments:
 H. Agriculture (105th-106th Congresses)
 H. Science (105th-106th Congresses)
 S. Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (107th-116th Congresses; chair, 112th-113th
Congresses, ranking member, 114th-116th Congresses)
 S. Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (107th-109th Congresses)
 S. Budget (107th-116th Congresses)
 S. Special Committee on Aging (107th-108th Congresses)
 S. Finance (110th-116th Congresses)
 S. Energy and Natural Resources (111th-116th Congresses)
 Jt. Taxation (114th-116th Congresses)
STANLEY, WINIFRED CLAIRE. Republican; New York, At Large. Elected to the 78th
Congress. (served Jan. 3, 1943-Jan. 3, 1945)
Committee assignments:
 H. Civil Service (78th Congress)
 H. Patents (78th Congress)
STEFANIK, ELISE M. Republican; New York, 21st District. Elected to the 114th-116th
Congresses. (served Jan. 3, 2015-present)
Committee assignments:
 H. Armed Services (114th-116th Congresses)
 H. Education and the Workforce /Education and Labor (114th-116th Congresses)
 H. Intel igence (115th-116th Congresses)
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STEVENS, HALEY. Democrat; Michigan, 11th District. Elected to the 116th Congress. (served
Jan. 3, 2019-present)
Committee assignments:
 H. Science, Space and Technology (116th Congress)
 H. Education and Labor (116th Congress)
SULLIVAN, LEONOR KRETZER. Democrat; Missouri, 3rd District. Elected to the 83rd-94th
Congresses. (served Jan. 3, 1953-Jan. 3, 1977)
Committee assignments:
 H. Merchant Marine and Fisheries (83rd Congress; 89th-94th Congresses; chair,
93rd-94th Congresses)
 H. Banking and Currency (84th-94th Congresses)
 Jt. Committee on Defense Production (91st-94th Congresses)
SUMNER, JESSIE. Republican; Il inois, 18th District. Elected to the 76th-79th Congresses.
(served Jan. 3, 1939-Jan. 3, 1947)
Committee assignment:
 H. Banking and Currency (76th-79th Congresses)
SUTTON, BETTY. Democrat; Ohio, 13th District. Elected to the 110th-112th Congresses. (served
Jan. 3, 2007, to Jan. 3, 2013)
Committee assignments:
 H. Budget (110th Congress)
 H. Rules (110th Congress)
 H. Energy and Commerce (111th Congress)
 H. Armed Services (112th Congress)
 H. Natural Resources (112th Congress)
TAUSCHER, ELLEN. Democrat; California, 10th District. Elected to the 105th-111th Congresses.
(served Jan. 3, 1997, until her resignation on June 26, 2009)
Committee assignments:
 H. National Security (105th Congress)
 H. Science (105th Congress)
 H. Armed Services (106th-111th Congresses)
 H. Transportation and Infrastructure (105th-111th Congresses)
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TENNEY, CLAUDIA. Republican; New York, 22nd District. Elected to the 115th Congress.
(served Jan. 3, 2017-Jan. 3, 2019)
Committee assignment:
 H. Financial Services (115th Congress)
THOMAS, LERA MILLARD. Democrat; Texas, 8th District. Elected to the 89th Congress in a
March 26, 1966, special election to fil vacancy caused by death of husband, Albert Thomas.
(served March 30, 1966-Jan. 3, 1967)
Committee assignment:
 H. Merchant Marine and Fisheries (89th Congress)
THOMPSON, RUTH. Republican; Michigan, 9th District. Elected to the 82nd-84th Congresses.
(served Jan. 3, 1951-Jan. 3, 1957)
Committee assignments:
 H. Judiciary (82nd-84th Congresses)
 Jt. Committee on Immigration and Nationality Policy (84th Congress)
THURMAN, KAREN L. Democrat; Florida, 5th District. Elected to the 103rd-107th Congresses.
(served Jan. 3, 1993-Jan. 3, 2003)
Committee assignments:
 H. Agriculture (103rd-104th Congresses)
 H. Government Operations/Government Reform and Oversight (103rd-104th
Congresses)
 H. Ways and Means (105th-107th Congresses)
TITUS, DINA. Democrat; Nevada, 3rd District (111th Congress); 1st District (113th Congress-
present). Elected to the 111th and 113th-116th Congresses. (served Jan. 3, 2009-Jan. 3, 2011; Jan. 3,
2013-present)
Committee assignments:
 H. Education and Labor (111th Congress)
 H. Homeland Security (111th, 116th Congresses)
 H. Transportation and Infrastructure (111th-116th Congresses)
 H. Veterans’ Affairs (113th-114th Congresses)
 H. Foreign Affairs (115th-116th Congresses)
TLAIB, RASHIDA. Democrat; Michigan, 13th District. Elected to the 116th Congress. (served
Jan. 3, 2019-present)
Committee assignments:
 H. Oversight and Reform (116th Congress)
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 H. Financial Services (116th Congress)
TORRES, NORMA J. Democrat; California, 35th District. Elected to the 114th-116th Congresses.
(served Jan. 3, 2015-present)
Committee assignments:
 H. Homeland Security (114th Congress)
 H. Natural Resources (114th-115th Congresses)
 H. Foreign Affairs (115th Congress)
 H. Rules (115th-116th Congresses)
 H. Appropriations (116th Congress)
TORRES SMALL, XOCHITL. Democrat; New Mexico, 2nd District. Elected to the 116th
Congress. (served Jan. 3, 2019-present)
Committee assignments:
 H. Homeland Security (116th Congress)
 H. Armed Services (116th Congress)
 H. Agriculture (116th Congress)
TRAHAN, LORI. Democrat; Massachusetts, 3rd District. Elected to the 116th Congress. (served
Jan. 3, 2019-present)
Committee assignments:
 Education and Labor (116th Congress)
 H. Armed Services (116th Congress)
TSONGAS, NIKI. Democrat; Massachusetts; 5th District (110th-112th Congresses); 3rd District
(113th Congress-present). Elected to the 110th Congress in an Oct. 16, 2007, special election to fil
vacancy caused by resignation of Martin Meehan; reelected to the 111th-115th Congresses. (served
Oct. 18, 2007-Jan. 3, 2019)
Committee assignments:
 H. Armed Services (110th-115th Congresses)
 H. Budget (110th-111th Congresses)
 H. Natural Resources (111th-115th Congresses)
UNDERWOOD, LAUREN. Democrat; Il inois, 14th District. Elected to the 116th Congress.
(served Jan. 3, 2019-present)
Committee assignments:
 H. Homeland Security (116th Congress)
 H. Veterans’ Affairs (116th Congress)
 H. Education and Labor (116th Congress)
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UNSOELD, JOLENE. Democrat; Washington, 3rd District. Elected to the 101st-103rd
Congresses. (served Jan. 3, 1989-Jan. 3, 1995)
Committee assignments:
 H. Education and Labor (101st-103rd Congresses)
 H. Merchant Marine and Fisheries (101st-103rd Congresses)
 H. Select Aging (101st-102nd Congresses)
VELÁZQUEZ, NYDIA M. Democrat; New York, 12th District (103rd-112th Congresses); 7th
District (113th District-present). Elected to the 103rd-116th Congresses. (served Jan. 3, 1993-
present). Chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, 111th Congress.
Committee assignments:
 H. Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs/Banking and Financial
Services/Financial Services (103rd-116th Congresses)
 H. Smal Business (103rd-115th Congresses; chair, 110th-111th, 116th Congresses;
ranking member, 105th-109th, 112th-115th Congresses)
 H. Natural Resources (115th-116th Congresses)
 H. Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus (116th Congress)
VUCANOVICH, BARBARA. Republican; Nevada, 2nd District. Elected to the 98th-104th
Congresses. (served Jan. 3, 1983-Jan. 3, 1997)
Committee assignments:
 H. Administration (98th-101st Congresses)
 H. Select Children, Youth, and Families (98th-101st Congresses)
 H. Interior and Insular Affairs (98th-102nd Congresses)
 H. Appropriations (102nd-104th Congresses)
 H. Natural Resources (103rd Congress)
WAGNER, ANN. Republican; Missouri, 2nd District. Elected to the 113th-116th Congresses.
(served Jan. 3, 2013-present)
Committee assignments:
 H. Financial Services (113th-116th Congresses)
 H. Foreign Affairs (115th -116th Congress)
WALDHOLTZ, ENID GREENE. Republican; Utah, 2nd District. Elected to the 104th Congress.
(served Jan. 3, 1995-Jan. 3, 1997)
Committee assignment:
 H. Rules (104th Congress)
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WALORSKI, JACKIE. Republican; Indiana, 2nd District. Elected to the 113th-116th Congresses.
(served Jan. 3, 2013-present)
Committee assignments:
 H. Armed Services (113th-114th Congresses)
 H. Budget (113th Congress)
 H. Veterans’ Affairs (113th-114th Congresses)
 H. Agriculture (114th Congress)
 H. Ways and Means (115th-116th Congresses)
 H. Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus (116th Congress)
WALTERS, MIMI. Republican; California, 45th District. Elected to the 114th-115th Congresses.
(served Jan. 3, 2015-Jan. 3, 2019)
Committee assignments:
 H. Judiciary (114th Congress)
 H. Transportation and Infrastructure (114th Congress)
 H. Energy and Commerce (115th Congress)
 H. Ethics (115th Congress)
WARREN, ELIZABETH. Democrat; Massachusetts; Senator. Elected in 2012 and reelected in
2018. (served Jan. 3, 2013-present)
Committee assignments:
 S. Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs (113th-116th Congresses)
 S. Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (113th-116th Congresses)
 S. Special Aging (113th-116th Congresses)
 S. Energy and Natural Resources (114th Congress)
 S. Armed Services (115th-116th Congresses)
WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, DEBBIE. Democrat, Florida, 20th District (109th-112th Congresses);
23rd District (113th Congress-present). Elected to the 109th-116th Congresses. (served Jan. 3, 2005-
present)
Committee assignments:
 H. Financial Services (109th Congress)
 Jt. Library (110th-111th Congresses)
 H. Appropriations (110th-111th Congresses; 113th-116th Congresses)
 H. Judiciary (110th-112th Congress, first session)
 H. Budget (112th, 115th Congresses)
 H. Oversight and Reform (116th Congress)
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WATERS, MAXINE. Democrat; California, 29th District (102nd Congress), 35th District (103rd-
112th Congresses) and 43rd District (113th Congress-present). Elected to the 102nd-116th
Congresses. (served Jan. 3, 1991-present). Chair, Congressional Black Caucus, 105th Congress.
Committee assignments:
 H. Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs/Banking and Financial Services/
Financial Services (102nd-116th Congresses; ranking member, 113th-115th
Congresses; chair, 116th Congress)
 H. Veterans’ Affairs (102nd-104th Congresses)
 H. Smal Business (103rd-104th Congresses)
 H. Judiciary (105th-112th Congresses)
 H. Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus (116th Congress)
WATSON, DIANE. Democrat; California, 32nd District (107th Congress) and 33rd District (108th-
111th Congresses). Elected to the 107th Congress in a June 5, 2001, special election to fil vacancy
caused by death of Julian Dixon; reelected to the 108th-111th Congresses. (served June 7, 2001-
Jan. 3, 2011)
Committee assignments:
 H. Government Reform/Oversight and Government Reform (107th-111th
Congresses)
 H. International Relations/Foreign Affairs (107th-111th Congresses)
WATSON COLEMAN, BONNIE. Democrat; New Jersey, 12th District. Elected to the 114th-
116th Congresses. (served Jan. 3, 2015-present)
Committee assignments:
 H. Homeland Security (114th-116th Congresses)
 H. Oversight and Government Reform (114th-115th Congresses)
 H. Appropriations (116th Congress)
WEIS, JESSICA McCULLOUGH. Republican; New York, 38th District. Elected to the 86th-87th
Congresses. (served Jan. 3, 1959-Jan. 3, 1963)
Committee assignments:
 H. District of Columbia (86th-87th Congresses)
 H. Government Operations (86th Congress)
 H. Science and Astronautics (87th Congress)
WEXTON, JENNIFER. Democrat, Virginia, 10th District. Elected to the 116th Congress. (served
Jan. 3, 2019-present)
Committee assignments:
 H. Science, Space and Technology (116th Congress)
 H. Financial Services (116th Congress)
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WILD, SUSAN. Democrat, Pennsylvania, 15th District (115th Congress); 7th District (116th
Congress). Elected to the 115th Congress in a Nov. 6, 2018 special election to fil vacancy caused
by resignation of Charlie Dent; subsequently elected to the 116th Congress. (served Nov. 27,
2018-present)
Committee assignments:
 None in 115th Congress
 H. Foreign Affairs (116th Congress)
 H. Education and Labor (116th Congress)
 H. Ethics (116th Congress)
WILSON, FREDERICA. Democrat; Florida; 17th District (112th Congress), 24th District (113th
Congress-present). Elected to the 112th-116th Congresses. (served Jan. 3, 2011-present)
Committee assignments:
 H. Foreign Affairs (112th Congress)
 H. Science, Space and Technology (112th-113th Congresses)
 H. Education and the Workforce (114th-116th Congresses)
 H. Transportation and Infrastructure (115th-116th Congresses)
WILSON, HEATHER. Republican; New Mexico, 1st District. Elected to the 105th Congress in a
June 23, 1998, special election to fil vacancy caused by death of Steven Schiff; reelected to the
106th-110th Congresses. (served June 25, 1998-Jan. 3, 2009)
Committee assignments:
 H. Commerce (105th-106th Congresses)
 H. Intel igence (106th Congress; 109th-110th Congresses)
 H. Armed Services (107th-108th Congresses)
 H. Energy and Commerce (107th-110th Congresses)
WINGO, EFFIGENE LOCKE. Democrat; Arkansas, 4th District. Elected to the 71st Congress
Nov. 4, 1930, to fil vacancy caused by death of husband, Otis Wingo, and to the 72nd Congress.
(served Dec. 1, 1930-March 3, 1933)
Committee assignments:
 H. Accounts (71st Congress)
 H. Insular Affairs (71st Congress)
 H. Foreign Affairs (72nd Congress)
WOODHOUSE, CHASE GOING. Democrat; Connecticut, 2nd District. Elected to the 79th and
81st Congresses. (served Jan. 3, 1945-Jan. 3, 1947, and Jan. 3, 1949-Jan. 3, 1951)
Committee assignments:
 H. Banking and Currency (79th, 81st Congresses)
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 H. Administration (81st Congress)
WOOLSEY, LYNN. Democrat; California, 6th District. Elected to the 103rd-112th Congresses.
(served Jan. 3, 1993-Jan. 3, 2013)
Committee assignments:
 H. Budget (103rd-105th Congresses)
 H. Education and Labor/Economic and Educational Opportunities/Education and
the Workforce (103rd -112th Congresses)
 H. Government Operations (103rd Congress)
 H. Science/Science and Technology/Science, Space and Technology (106th-112th
Congresses)
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Table 1. Women in Congress, 65th-116th Congresses, by Congress
Names of Democratic Representatives and Senators in Italics; Republicans in Roman.
Includes Delegates and the Resident Commissioner
116th Congress
House
Alma Adams
Suzan DelBene
Sheila Jackson Lee
Gwen Moore
Donna Shalala
Cynthia Axne
Val Demings
Praymila Jayapal
Debbie Mucarsel-
Mikie Sheril
Nanette Diaz Barrágan Debbie Dingel
Eddie Bernice
Powel
Elissa Slotkin
Karen Bass
Veronica Escobar
Johnson
Stephanie Murphy
Abigail Spanberger
Joyce Beatty
Anna G. Eshoo
Marcy Kaptur
Grace Napolitano
Jackie Speier
Lisa Blunt Rochester
Abby Finkenauer
Robin Kel y
Eleanor Holmes
Elise M. Stefanik
Norton
Suzanne Bonamici
Lizzie Fletcher
Ann Kirkpatrick
Haley Stevens
Alexandria Ocasio-
Susan Brooks
Virginia Foxx
Ann McLane Kuster
Cortez
Dina Titus
Julia Brownley
Lois Frankel
Brenda Lawrence
Ilhan Omar
Rashida Tlaib
Cheri Bustos
Marcia L. Fudge
Barbara Lee
Nancy Pelosi
Norma Torres
Kathy Castor
Tulsi Gabbard
Susie Lee
Chel ie Pingree
Xochitl Torres Smal
Liz Cheney
Sylvia Garcia
Debbie Lesko
Stacey Plaskett
Lori Trahan
Judy Chu
Jenniffer González-
Zoe Lofgren
Katie Porter
Lauren Underwood
Katherine M. Clark
Colón
Nita M. Lowey
Ayanna Pressley
Nydia Velázquez
Yvette Clarke
Kay Granger
Elaine Luria
Aumua A. C.
Ann Wagner
Angela Craig
Deb Haaland
Lucy McBath
Radewagen
Jackie Walorski
Sharice Davids
Vicky Hartzler
Betty McCol um
Kathleen Rice
Debbie Wasserman
Susan Davis
Jahana Hayes
Cathy McMorris
Martha Roby
Schultz
Rodgers
Madeleine Dean
Jaime Herrera
Lucil e Roybal-Al ard
Maxine Waters
Beutler
Carolyn Maloney
Diana DeGette
Linda Sánchez
Bonnie Watson
Katie Hil a
Doris Matsui
Coleman
Rosa DeLauro
Mary Gay Scanlon
Kendra Horn
Grace Meng
Jennifer Wexton

Janice Schakowsky
Chrissy Houlahan
Carolyn Mil er
Susan Wild

Kim Schrier

Frederica Wilson

Terri Sewel

Senate

Tammy Baldwin
Catherine Cortez
Kirsten Gil ibrand
Martha McSal yb
Jeanne Shaheen
Marsha Blackburn
Masto
Kamala Harris
Lisa Murkowski
Kyrsten Sinema
Maria Cantwel
Tammy Duckworth
Mazie Hirono
Patty Murray
Tina Smith
Shel ey Moore
Joni Ernst
Cindy Hyde-Smith
Jacky Rosen
Debbie Stabenow
Capito
Dianne Feinstein
Amy Klobuchar

Elizabeth Warren
Susan Col ins
Deb Fischer
Kel y Loefflera
Maggie Hassan

115th Congress (2017-2018)
House
Alma Adams
Susan Davis
Sheila Jackson Lee
Doris Matsui
Terri Sewel
Nanette Diaz Barrágan Diana DeGette
Praymila Jayapal
Grace Meng
Carol Shea-Porter
Karen Bass
Rosa DeLauro
Lynn Jenkins
Gwen Moore
Kyrsten Sinema
Joyce Beatty
Suzan DelBene
Stephanie Murphy
Louise M. Slaughtera
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Diane Black
Val Demings
Eddie Bernice
Grace Napolitano
Jackie Speier
Marsha Blackburn
Debbie Dingel
Johnson
Kristi Noem
Elise M. Stefanik
Lisa Blunt Rochester
Anna G. Eshoo
Brenda Jonesa
Eleanor Holmes
Claudia Tenney
Suzanne Bonamici
Elizabeth Esty
Marcy Kaptur
Norton
Dina Titus
Madeleine Z. Bordal o
Virginia Foxx
Robin Kel y
Nancy Pelosi
Norma Torres
Susan Brooks
Lois Frankel
Ann McLane Kuster
Chel ie Pingree
Niki Tsongas
Julia Brownley
Marcia L. Fudge
Brenda Lawrence
Stacey Plaskett
Nydia Velázquez
Cheri Bustos
Tulsi Gabbard
Barbara Lee
Aumua A. C.
Ann Wagner
Radewagen
Kathy Castor
Jenniffer González-
Debbie Leskoa
Jackie Walorski
Kathleen Rice
Liz Cheney
Colón
Zoe Lofgren
Mimi Walters
Martha Roby
Judy Chu
Kay Granger
Mia Love
Debbie Wasserman
Jacky Rosen
Katherine M. Clark
Col een Hanabusa
Nita M. Lowey
Schultz
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
Yvette Clarke
Karen Handela
Michel e Lujan
Maxine Waters
Grisham
Lucil e Roybal-Al ard
Barbara Comstock
Vicky Hartzler
Bonnie Watson
Jaime Herrera
Betty McCol um
Linda Sánchez
Coleman
Beutler
Cathy McMorris
Mary Gay Scanlona
Susan Wilda
Rodgers
Janice Schakowsky
Frederica Wilson
Martha McSal y
Carolyn Maloney

Senate
Tammy Baldwin
Catherine Cortez
Deb Fischer
Mazie Hirono
Patty Murray
Maria Cantwel
Masto
Kirsten Gil ibrand
Cindy Hyde-Smitha
Jeanne Shaheen
Shel ey Moore Capito
Tammy Duckworth
Kamala Harris
Amy Klobuchar
Tina Smitha
Susan Col ins
Joni Ernst
Maggie Hassan
Claire McCaskil
Debbie Stabenow
Dianne Feinstein
Heidi Heitkamp
Lisa Murkowski
Elizabeth Warren
114th Congress (2015-2016)
House
Alma Adams
Diana DeGette
Jaime Herrera
Martha McSal y
Linda Sánchez
Karen Bass
Rosa DeLauro
Beutler
Carolyn Maloney
Loretta Sanchez
Joyce Beatty
Suzan DelBene
Sheila Jackson Lee
Doris Matsui
Janice Schakowsky
Diane Black
Debbie Dingel
Lynn Jenkins
Grace Meng
Terri Sewel
Marsha Blackburn
Tammy Duckworth
Eddie Bernice
Candice Mil era
Kyrsten Sinema
Johnson
Suzanne Bonamici
Donna Edwards
Gwen Moore
Louise M. Slaughter
Marcy Kaptur
Madeleine Z. Bordal o
Renee El mers
Grace Napolitano
Jackie Speier
Robin Kel y
Susan Brooks
Anna G. Eshoo
Kristi Noem
Elise M. Stefanik
Ann Kirkpatrick
Corrine Brown
Elizabeth Esty
Eleanor Holmes
Dina Titus
Ann McLane Kuster
Julia Brownley
Virginia Foxx
Norton
Norma Torres
Brenda Lawrence
Cheri Bustos
Lois Frankel
Nancy Pelosi
Niki Tsongas
Barbara Lee
Lois Capps
Marcia L. Fudge
Chel ie Pingree
Nydia Velázquez
Zoe Lofgren
Kathy Castor
Tulsi Gabbard
Stacey Plaskett
Ann Wagner
Mia Love
Judy Chu
Gwen Graham
Aumua Amata
Jackie Walorski
Nita M. Lowey
Coleman
Katherine M. Clark
Kay Granger
Mimi Walters
Michel e Lujan
Radewagen
Yvette Clarke
Janice Hahna
Grisham
Kathleen Rice
Debbie Wasserman
Barbara Comstock
Col een Hanabusaa
Schultz
Cynthia Lummis
Martha Roby
Susan Davis
Vicky Hartzler
Maxine Waters
Betty McCol um
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
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Cathy McMorris
Lucil e Roybal-Al ard
Bonnie Watson
Rodgers
Coleman
Frederica Wilson
Senate
Kel y Ayotte
Shel ey Moore
Deb Fischer
Amy Klobuchar
Patty Murray
Tammy Baldwin
Capito
Kirsten Gil ibrand
Claire McCaskil
Jeanne Shaheen
Barbara Boxer
Susan Col ins
Heidi Heitkamp
Barbara Mikulski
Debbie Stabenow
Maria Cantwel
Joni Ernst
Mazie Hirono
Lisa Murkowski
Elizabeth Warren
Dianne Feinstein
113th Congress (2013-2014)
House
Alma Adamsa
Susan Davis
Col een Hanabusa
Cathy McMorris
Loretta Sanchez
Michele Bachmann
Diana DeGette
Vicky Hartzler
Rodgers
Janice Schakowsky
Karen Bass
Rosa DeLauro
Jaime Herrera
Carolyn Maloney
Al yson Schwartz
Joyce Beatty
Suzan DelBene
Beutler
Doris Matsui
Terri Sewel
Diane Black
Tammy Duckworth
Sheila Jackson Lee
Grace Meng
Carol Shea-Porter
Marsha Blackburn
Donna Edwards
Lynn Jenkins
Candice Mil er
Kyrsten Sinema
Suzanne Bonamici
Renee El mers
Eddie Bernice
Gwen Moore
Louise M. Slaughter
Johnson
Madeleine Z. Bordal o
Jo Ann Emersona
Grace Napolitano
Jackie Speier
Marcy Kaptur
Susan Brooks
Anna G. Eshoo
Gloria Negrete
Dina Titus
Robin Kel yb
McLeod
Corrine Brown
Elizabeth Esty
Niki Tsongas
Ann Kirkpatrick
Kristi Noem
Julia Brownley
Virginia Foxx
Nydia Velázquez
Ann McLane Kuster
Eleanor Holmes
Cheri Bustos
Lois Frankel
Ann Wagner
Barbara Lee
Norton
Shel ey Moore Capito
Marcia L. Fudge
Jackie Walorski
Zoe Lofgren
Nancy Pelosi
Lois Capps
Tulsi Gabbard
Debbie Wasserman
Nita M. Lowey
Chel ie Pingree
Kathy Castor
Kay Granger
Schultz
Michel e Lujan
Martha Roby
Donna Christensen
Janice Hahn
Maxine Waters
Grisham
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
Judy Chu
Frederica Wilson
Cynthia Lummis
Lucil e Roybal-Al ard
Katherine M. Clarka
Carolyn McCarthy
Linda Sánchez
Yvette Clarke
Betty McCol um
Senate
Kel y Ayotte
Susan Col ins
Kay Hagan
Mary Landrieu
Patty Murray
Tammy Baldwin
Dianne Feinstein
Heidi Heitkamp
Claire McCaskil
Jeanne Shaheen
Barbara Boxer
Deb Fischer
Mazie Hirono
Barbara Mikulski
Debbie Stabenow
Maria Cantwel
Kirsten Gil ibrand
Amy Klobuchar
Lisa Murkowski
Elizabeth Warren
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112th Congress (2011-2012)
House
Sandy Adams
Donna Christensen
Jane Harmanb
Carolyn McCarthy
Loretta Sanchez
Michele Bachmann
Judy Chu
Vicky Hartzler
Betty McCol um
Janice Schakowsky
Tammy Baldwin
Yvette Clarke
Nan Hayworth
Cathy McMorris
Jean Schmidt
Karen Bass
Susan Davis
Jaime Herrera
Rodgers
Al yson Schwartz
Shel ey Berkley
Diana DeGette
Beutler
Candice S. Mil er
Terri Sewel
Judy Biggert
Rosa DeLauro
Mazie Hirono
Gwen Moore
Louise M. Slaughter
Diane Black
Suzan DelBeneb
Kathy Hochulb
Sue Myrick
Jackie Speier
Marsha Blackburn
Donna Edwards
Sheila Jackson Lee
Grace Napolitano
Betty Sutton
Suzanne Bonamicib
Renee El mers
Lynn Jenkins
Kristi Noem
Niki Tsongas
Mary Bono Mack
Jo Ann Emerson
Eddie Bernice
Eleanor Holmes
Nydia M. Velázquez
Johnson
Norton
Madeleine Z. Bordal o
Anna G. Eshoo
Debbie Wasserman
Marcy Kaptur
Nancy Pelosi
Corrine Brown
Virginia Foxx
Schultz
Barbara Lee
Chel ie Pingree
Ann Marie Buerkle
Marcia L. Fudge
Maxine Waters
Zoe Lofgren
Laura Richardson
Shel ey Moore Capito
Gabriel e Giffordsb
Frederica Wilson
Nita M. Lowey
Martha Roby
Lois Capps
Kay Granger
Lynn Woolsey
Cynthia Lummis
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
Kathy Castor
Janice Hahnb
Carolyn Maloney
Lucil e Roybal-Al ard
Col een Hanabusa
Doris Matsui
Linda Sánchez
Senate
Kel y Ayotte
Dianne Feinstein
Amy Klobuchar
Barbara Mikulski
Jeanne Shaheen
Barbara Boxer
Kristen Gil ibrand
Mary Landrieu
Lisa Murkowski
Olympia J. Snowe
Maria Cantwel
Kay Hagan
Claire McCaskil
Patty Murray
Debbie Stabenow
Susan M. Col ins
Kay Bailey
Hutchison
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111th Congress (2009-2010)
House
Michele Bachmann
Yvette Clarke
Mazie Hirono
Betty McCol um
Jean Schmidt
Tammy Baldwin
Kathy Dahlkemper
Sheila Jackson Lee
Cathy McMorris
Al yson Schwartz
Melissa Bean
Susan Davis
Lynn Jenkins
Rodgers
Carol Shea-Porter
Shel ey Berkley
Diana DeGette
Eddie Bernice
Candice S. Mil er
Louise M. Slaughter
Judy Biggert
Rosa DeLauro
Johnson
Gwen Moore
Hilda Solisb
Marsha Blackburn
Donna Edwards
Marcy Kaptur
Sue Myrick
Jackie Speier
Mary Bono Mack
Jo Ann Emerson
Carolyn Cheeks
Grace Napolitano
Betty Sutton
Kilpatrick
Madeleine Z. Bordal o
Anna G. Eshoo
Eleanor Holmes
Dina Titus
Mary Jo Kilroy
Norton
Corrine Brown
Mary Fal in
El en Tauscherb
Ann Kirkpatrick
Nancy Pelosi
Ginny Brown-Waite
Virginia Foxx
Niki Tsongas
Suzanne Kosmas
Chel ie Pingree
Shel ey Moore Capito
Marcia L. Fudge
Nydia M. Velázquez
Barbara Lee
Laura Richardson
Lois Capps
Gabriel e Giffords
Debbie Wasserman
Zoe Lofgren
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
Kathy Castor
Kristen Gil ibrandb
Schultz
Nita M. Lowey
Lucil e Roybal-Al ard
Julia Carson
Kay Granger
Maxine Waters
Cynthia Lummis
Linda Sánchez
Donna Christensen
Debbie Halvorson
Diane Watson
Carolyn Maloney
Loretta Sanchez
Judy Chub
Jane Harman
Lynn Woolsey
Betsy Markey
Janice Schakowsky
Stephanie Herseth
Sandlin
Doris Matsui
Carolyn McCarthy
Senate
Barbara Boxer
Dianne Feinstein
Amy Klobuchar
Barbara Mikulski
Jeanne Shaheen
Maria Cantwel
Kristen Gil ibrandb
Mary Landrieu
Lisa Murkowski
Olympia J. Snowe
Hil ary Rodham Clintonb
Kay Hagan
Blanche Lambert
Patty Murray
Debbie Stabenow
Susan M. Col ins
Kay Bailey
Lincoln
Hutchison
Claire McCaskil
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110th Congress (2007-2008)
House
Michele Bachmann
Yvette Clarke
Stephanie Herseth
Juanita Mil ender
Al yson Schwartz
Tammy Baldwin
Barbara Cubin
Mazie Hirono
McDonaldb
Carol Shea-Porter
Melissa Bean
Jo Ann Davisb
Darlene Hooley
Candice Mil er
Louise M. Slaughter
Shel ey Berkley
Susan Davis
Sheila Jackson Lee
Gwen Moore
Hilda Solis
Judy Biggert
Diana DeGette
Eddie Bernice
Marilyn Musgrave
Jackie Speierb
Marsha Blackburn
Rosa DeLauro
Johnson
Sue Myrick
Betty Sutton
Mary Bono Mack
Thelma Drake
Stephanie Tubbs
Grace Napolitano
El en Tauscher
Jonesb
Madeleine Z. Bordal o
Donna Edwardsb
Eleanor Holmes
Niki Tsongasb
Marcy Kaptur
Norton
Nancy Boyda
Jo Ann Emerson
Nydia M. Velázquez
Carolyn Cheeks
Nancy Pelosi
Corrine Brown
Anna G. Eshoo
Kilpatrick
Debbie Wasserman
Deborah Pryce
Ginny Brown-Waite
Mary Fal in
Schultz
Barbara Lee
Laura Richardsonb
Shel ey Moore Capito
Virginia Foxx
Maxine Waters
Zoe Lofgren
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
Lois Capps
Gabriel e Giffords
Diane Watson
Nita Lowey
Lucil e Roybal-Al ard
Julia Carson b
Kirstin Gil ibrand
Heather Wilson
Carolyn Maloney
Linda Sánchez
Kathy Castor
Kay Granger
Lynn Woolsey
Doris Matsui
Loretta Sanchez
Donna Christensen
Jane Harman
Carolyn McCarthy
Janice Schakowsky
Betty McCol um
Jean Schmidt
Cathy McMorris
Rodgers
Senate
Barbara Boxer
Elizabeth Dole
Amy Klobuchar
Claire McCaskil
Patty Murray
Maria Cantwel
Dianne Feinstein
Mary Landrieu
Barbara Mikulski
Olympia J. Snowe
Hil ary Rodham Clinton
Kay Bailey
Blanche Lambert
Lisa Murkowski
Debbie Stabenow
Susan M. Col ins
Hutchison
Lincoln
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109th Congress (2005-2006)
House
Tammy Baldwin
Susan Davis
Eddie Bernice
Cathy McMorris
Loretta Sanchez
Melissa Bean
Diana DeGette
Johnson
Rodgers
Shel ey Sekula
Shel ey Berkley
Rosa DeLauro
Nancy L. Johnson
Juanita Mil ender-
Gibbsb
McDonald
Judy Biggert
Thelma Drake
Stephanie Tubbs
Janice Schakowsky
Jones
Candice S. Mil er
Marsha Blackburn
Jo Ann Emerson
Jean Schmidtb
Marcy Kaptur
Gwen Moore
Mary Bono Mack
Anna G. Eshoo
Al yson Schwartz
Sue Kel y
Marilynn Musgrave
Madeleine Z. Bordal o
Virginia Foxx
Louise M. Slaughter
Carolyn Cheeks
Sue Myrick
Corrine Brown
Kay Granger
Hilda Solis
Kilpatrick
Grace Napolitano
Ginny Brown-Waite
Jane Harman
El en Tauscher
Barbara Lee
Anne M. Northup
Shel ey Moore Capito
Katherine Harris
Nydia M. Velázquez
Zoe Lofgren
Eleanor Holmes
Lois Capps
Melissa Hart
Debbie Wasserman
Nita M. Lowey
Norton
Schultz
Julia Carson
Stephanie Herseth
Carolyn Maloney
Nancy Pelosi
Maxine Waters
Donna Christensen
Sandlin
Doris Matsuib
Deborah Pryce
Diane Watson
Barbara Cubin
Darlene Hooley
Carolyn McCarthy
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
Heather Wilson
Jo Ann Davis
Sheila Jackson Lee
Betty McCol um
Lucil e Roybal-Al ard
Lynn Woolsey
Cynthia McKinney
Linda Sánchez
Senate
Barbara Boxer
Susan M. Col ins
Kay Bailey
Barbara Mikulski
Olympia J. Snowe
Maria Cantwel
Elizabeth Dole
Hutchison
Lisa Murkowski
Debbie Stabenow
Hil ary Rodham Clinton
Dianne Feinstein
Mary Landrieu
Patty Murray
Blanche Lambert
Lincoln
108th Congress (2003-2004)
House
Tammy Baldwin
Jo Ann Davis
Sheila Jackson Lee
Karen McCarthy
Lucil e Roybal-Al ard
Shel ey Berkley
Susan Davis
Eddie Bernice
Betty McCol um
Linda T. Sánchez
Judy Biggert
Diana DeGette
Johnson
Juanita Mil ender-
Loretta Sanchez
Marsha Blackburn
Rosa DeLauro
Nancy L. Johnson
McDonald
Janice Schakowsky
Mary Bono Mack
Jennifer Dunn
Stephanie Tubbs
Candice S. Mil er
Louise M. Slaughter
Jones
Madeleine Z. Bordal o
Jo Ann Emerson
Marilynn Musgrave
Hilda Solis
Marcy Kaptur
Corrine Brown
Anna G. Eshoo
Sue Myrick
El en Tauscher
Sue Kel y
Ginny Brown-Waite
Kay Granger
Grace Napolitano
Nydia M. Velázquez
Carolyn Cheeks
Shel ey Moore Capito
Jane Harman
Anne M. Northup
Kilpatrick
Maxine Waters
Lois Capps
Katherine Harris
Eleanor Holmes
Barbara Lee
Diane Watson
Norton
Julia Carson
Melissa Hart
Zoe Lofgren
Heather Wilson
Nancy Pelosi
Donna Christensen
Stephanie Herseth
Nita M. Lowey
Lynn Woolsey
Deborah Pryce
Barbara Cubin
Sandlinb
Denise L. Majette
Darlene Hooley
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
Carolyn Maloney
Carolyn McCarthy
Senate
Barbara Boxer
Susan M. Col ins
Kay Bailey
Barbara Mikulski
Olympia J. Snowe
Maria Cantwel
Elizabeth Dole
Hutchison
Lisa Murkowski
Debbie Stabenow
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Dianne Feinstein
Mary Landrieu
Patty Murray
Blanche Lambert
Lincoln
107th Congress (2001-2002)
House
Tammy Baldwin
Diana DeGette
Marcy Kaptur
Juanita Mil ender-
Lucil e Roybal-Al ard
Shel ey Berkley
Rosa DeLauro
Sue Kel y
McDonald
Loretta Sanchez
Judy Biggert
Jennifer Dunn
Carolyn Cheeks
Patsy T. Minkb
Janice Schakowsky
Mary Bono Mack
Jo Ann Emerson
Kilpatrick
Constance A.
Louise M. Slaughter
Morel a
Corrine Brown
Anna G. Eshoo
Barbara Lee
Hilda Solis
Sue Myrick
Shel ey Moore Capito
Kay Granger
Zoe Lofgren
El en Tauscher
Grace Napolitano
Lois Capps
Jane Harman
Nita M. Lowey
Karen L. Thurman
Anne M. Northup
Julia Carson
Melissa Hart
Carolyn Maloney
Nydia M. Velázquez
Eleanor Holmes
Donna Christian-
Darlene Hooley
Carolyn McCarthy
Norton
Maxine Waters
Christensen
Sheila Jackson Lee
Karen McCarthy
Nancy Pelosi
Diane Watsonb
Eva Clayton
Eddie Bernice Johnson Betty McCol um
Deborah Pryce
Heather Wilson
Barbara Cubin
Nancy L. Johnson
Cynthia McKinney
Lynn Rivers
Lynn Woolsey
Jo Ann Davis
Stephanie Tubbs
Carrie Meek
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
Susan Davis
Jones
Margaret (Marge) S.
Roukema
Senate
Barbara Boxer
Hil ary Rodham
Kay Bailey
Barbara Mikulski
Olympia J. Snowe
Maria Cantwel
Clinton
Hutchison
Patty Murray
Debbie Stabenow
Jean Carnahan
Susan M. Col ins
Mary Landrieu
Dianne Feinstein
Blanche Lambert
Lincoln
106th Congress (1999-2000)
House
Tammy Baldwin
Diana DeGette
Marcy Kaptur
Patsy T. Mink
Lucil e Roybal-Al ard
Shel ey Berkley
Rosa DeLauro
Sue Kel y
Constance A.
Loretta Sanchez
Judy Biggert
Jennifer Dunn
Carolyn Cheeks
Morel a
Janice Schakowsky
Mary Bono Mack
Jo Ann Emerson
Kilpatrick
Sue Myrick
Louise M. Slaughter
Corrine Brown
Anna G. Eshoo
Barbara Lee
Grace Napolitano
Debbie Stabenow
Lois Capps
Til ie Fowler
Zoe Lofgren
Anne M. Northup
El en Tauscher
Julia Carson
Kay Granger
Nita M. Lowey
Eleanor Holmes
Karen L. Thurman
Norton
Helen Chenoweth
Darlene Hooley
Carolyn Maloney
Nydia M. Velázquez
Nancy Pelosi
Donna Christensen
Sheila Jackson-Lee
Carolyn McCarthy
Maxine Waters
Deborah Pryce
Eva Clayton
Eddie Bernice Johnson Karen McCarthy
Heather Wilson
Lynn Rivers
Barbara Cubin
Nancy L. Johnson
Cynthia McKinney
Lynn Woolsey
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
Pat Danner
Stephanie Tubbs
Carrie Meek
Jones
Juanita Mil ender-
Margaret (Marge) S.
McDonald
Roukema
Senate
Barbara Boxer
Dianne Feinstein
Mary Landrieu
Barbara Mikulski
Olympia J. Snowe
Susan M. Col ins
Patty Murray
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Kay Bailey
Blanche Lambert
Hutchison
Lincoln
105th Congress (1997-1998)
House
Mary Bono Mackb
Jo Ann Emerson
Barbara B. Kennel y
Patsy T. Mink
Margaret (Marge) S.
Corrine Brown
Anna G. Eshoo
Carolyn Cheeks
Susan Molinarib
Roukema
Lois Cappsb
Til ie Fowler
Kilpatrick
Constance A.
Loretta Sanchez
Julia Carson
Elizabeth Furse
Barbara Leeb
Morel a
Louise M. Slaughter
Helen Chenoweth
Kay Granger
Zoe Lofgren
Sue Myrick
Linda Smith
Donna Christensen
Jane Harman
Nita M. Lowey
Anne M. Northup
Debbie Stabenow
Eva Clayton
Darlene Hooley
Carolyn Maloney
Eleanor Holmes
El en Tauscher
Norton
Barbara Cubin
Sheila Jackson-Lee
Carolyn McCarthy
Karen L. Thurman
Nancy Pelosi
Pat Danner
Eddie Bernice Johnson Karen McCarthy
Nydia M. Velázquez
Deborah Pryce
Diana DeGette
Nancy L. Johnson
Cynthia McKinney
Maxine Waters
Lynn Rivers
Rosa DeLauro
Marcy Kaptur
Carrie Meek
Heather Wilsonb
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
Jennifer Dunn
Sue Kel y
Juanita Mil ender-
Lynn Woolsey
McDonald
Lucil e Roybal-Al ard
Senate
Barbara Boxer
Dianne Feinstein
Mary Landrieu
Carol Moseley-Braun
Olympia J. Snowe
Susan M. Col ins
Kay Bailey
Barbara Mikulski
Patty Murray
Hutchison
104th Congress (1995-1996)
House
Corrine Brown
Anna G. Eshoo
Blanche Lambert
Susan Molinari
Patricia S. Schroeder
Helen Chenoweth
Til ie Fowler
Lincoln
Constance A.
Andrea Seastrand
Eva Clayton
Elizabeth Furse
Zoe Lofgren
Morel a
Louise M. Slaughter
Barbara-Rose Col ins
Jane Harman
Nita M. Lowey
Sue Myrick
Linda Smith
Cardiss Col ins
Sheila Jackson Lee
Carolyn Maloney
Eleanor Holmes
Karen L. Thurman
Norton
Barbara Cubin
Eddie Bernice Johnson Karen McCarthy
Nydia M. Velázquez
Nancy Pelosi
Pat Danner
Nancy L. Johnson
Cynthia McKinney
Barbara F.
Deborah Pryce
Rosa DeLauro
Marcy Kaptur
Carrie Meek
Vucanovich
Lynn Rivers
Jennifer Dunn
Sue Kel y
Jan Meyers
Enid Greene
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
Waldholtz
Jo Ann Emersonb
Barbara B. Kennel y
Juanita Mil ender-
McDonaldb
Lucil e Roybal-Al ard
Maxine Waters
Patsy T. Mink
Margaret (Marge) S. Lynn Woolsey
Roukema
Senate
Barbara Boxer
Sheila Frahmb
Nancy L.
Carol Moseley-Braun
Olympia J. Snowe
Dianne Feinstein
Kay Bailey
Kassebaum
Patty Murray
Hutchison
Barbara Mikulski
103rd Congress (1993-1994)
House
Helen Delich Bentley
Karan English
Marilyn Lloyd
Constance A.
Karen Shepherd
Corrine Brown
Anna G. Eshoo
Jil Long
Morel a
Louise M. Slaughter
Leslie Byrne
Til ie Fowler
Nita M. Lowey
Eleanor Holmes
Olympia J. Snowe
Norton
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Maria Cantwel
Elizabeth Furse
Carolyn Maloney
Nancy Pelosi
Karen L. Thurman
Eva Clayton
Jane Harman
Marjorie Margolies-
Deborah Pryce
Jolene Unsoeld
Barbara-Rose Col ins
Eddie Bernice Johnson Mezvinsky
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
Nydia M. Velázquez
Cardiss Col ins
Nancy L. Johnson
Cynthia McKinney
Margaret (Marge) S. Barbara Vucanovich
Pat Danner
Marcy Kaptur
Carrie Meek
Roukema
Maxine Waters
Rosa DeLauro
Barbara B. Kennel y
Jan Meyers
Lucil e Roybal-Al ard
Lynn Woolsey
Jennifer Dunn
Blanche Lambert
Patsy T. Mink
Lynn Schenk
Lincoln
Susan Molinari
Patricia S. Schroeder
Senate
Barbara Boxer
Kay Bailey
Barbara Mikulski
Carol Moseley-Braun
Patty Murray
Dianne Feinstein
Hutchisonb
Nancy L.
Kassebaum
102nd Congress (1991-1992)
House
Helen Delich Bentley
Rosa DeLauro
Jil Long
Eleanor Holmes
Patricia S. Schroeder
Barbara Boxer
Joan Kel y Horn
Nita M. Lowey
Norton
Louise M. Slaughter
Beverly Barton Byron
Nancy L. Johnson
Jan Meyers
Mary Rose Oakar
Olympia J. Snowe
Eva Claytonb
Marcy Kaptur
Patsy T. Mink
Elizabeth J. Patterson
Jolene Unsoeld
Barbara-Rose Col ins
Barbara B. Kennel y
Susan Molinari
Nancy Pelosi
Barbara Vucanovich
Cardiss Col ins
Marilyn Lloyd
Constance A.
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
Maxine Waters
Morel a
Margaret (Marge) S.
Roukema
Senate
Jocelyn Burdickb
Dianne Feinsteina
Nancy L.
Barbara Mikulski

Kassebaum
101st Congress (1989-1990)
House
Helen Delich Bentley
Marcy Kaptur
Jan Meyers
Nancy Pelosi
Louise M. Slaughter
Corinne C. (Lindy) Boggs Barbara B. Kennel y
Patsy T. Minkb
Ileana Ros-
Virginia Smith
Barbara Boxer
Marilyn Lloyd
Susan Molinarib
Lehtinenb
Olympia J. Snowe
Beverly Barton Byron
Jil Longb
Constance A.
Margaret (Marge) S. Jolene Unsoeld
Roukema
Cardiss Col ins
Nita M. Lowey
Morel a
Barbara Vucanovich
Patricia F. Saiki
Nancy L. Johnson
Lynn M. Martin
Mary Rose Oakar
Elizabeth J. Patterson
Claudine Cmarada
Schneider
Patricia S. Schroeder
Senate
Nancy L. Kassebaum
Barbara Mikulski

100th Congress (1987-1988)
House
Helen Delich Bentley
Cardiss Col ins
Lynn M. Martin
Nancy Pelosi
Louise M. Slaughter
Corinne C. (Lindy) Boggs Nancy L. Johnson
Jan Meyers
Margaret (Marge) S. Virginia Smith
Barbara Boxer
Marcy Kaptur
Constance A.
Roukema
Olympia J. Snowe
Sala Burtonb
Barbara B. Kennel y
Morel a
Patricia F. Saiki
Barbara Vucanovich
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Beverly Barton Byron
Marilyn Lloyd
Mary Rose Oakar
Claudine Cmarada
Elizabeth J. Patterson
Schneider
Patricia S. Schroeder
Senate
Nancy L. Kassebaum
Barbara Mikulski

99th Congress (1985-1986)
House
Helen Delich Bentley
Cardiss Col ins
Barbara B. Kennel y
Barbara Mikulski
Patricia S. Schroeder
Corinne C. (Lindy) Boggs Bobbi Fiedler
Marilyn Lloyd
Mary Rose Oakar
Virginia Smith
Barbara Boxer
Marjorie S. Holt
Cathy Longb
Margaret (Marge) S. Olympia J. Snowe
Sala Burton
Nancy L. Johnson
Lynn M. Martin
Roukema
Barbara Vucanovich
Beverly Barton Byron
Marcy Kaptur
Jan Meyers
Claudine Cmarada
Schneider
Senate
Paula Hawkins
Nancy L.

Kassebaum
98th Congress (1983-1984)
House
Corinne C. (Lindy) Boggs Geraldine Ann
Marcy Kaptur
Barbara Mikulski
Patricia S. Schroeder
Barbara Boxer
Ferraro
Barbara B. Kennel y
Mary Rose Oakar
Virginia Smith
Sala Burtonb
Bobbi Fiedler
Marilyn Lloyd
Margaret (Marge) S. Olympia J. Snowe
Beverly Barton Byron
Katie Hal
Lynn M. Martin
Roukema
Barbara Vucanovich
Cardiss Col ins
Marjorie S. Holt
Claudine Cmarada
Nancy L. Johnson
Schneider
Senate
Paula Hawkins
Nancy L.

Kassebaum
97th Congress (1981-1982)
House
Jean Ashbrookb
Mil icent Fenwick
Margaret M.
Lynn M. Martin
Claudine Cmarada
Corinne C. (Lindy) Boggs Geraldine Ann
Heckler
Barbara Mikulski
Schneider
Beverly Barton Byron
Ferraro
Marjorie S. Holt
Mary Rose Oakar
Patricia S. Schroeder
Shirley Anita Chisholm
Bobbi Fiedler
Barbara B. Kennel yb
Margaret (Marge) S. Virginia Smith
Cardiss Col ins
Katie Hal b
Marilyn Lloyd
Roukema
Olympia Snowe
Senate
Paula Hawkins
Nancy L.

Kassebaum
96th Congress (1979-1980)
House
Corinne C. (Lindy) Boggs Mil icent Fenwick
Marjorie S. Holt
Barbara Ann Mikulski Virginia Smith
Beverly Barton Byronb
Geraldine Ferraro
Elizabeth Holtzman
Mary Rose Oakar
Olympia J. Snowe
Shirley Anita Chisholm
Margaret M.
Marilyn Lloyd
Patricia S. Schroeder
Gladys Noon
Cardiss Col ins
Heckler
Spel manc
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Senate
Nancy L. Kassebaum

95th Congress (1977-1978)
House
Corinne C. (Lindy) Boggs Mil icent Fenwick
Barbara C. Jordan
Barbara Mikulski
Patricia S. Schroeder
Yvonne Brathwaite
Margaret M.
Martha Elizabeth
Mary Rose Oakar
Virginia Smith
Burke
Heckler
Keys
Shirley N. Pettis
Gladys Noon
Shirley Anita Chisholm
Marjorie S. Holt
Marilyn Lloyd
Spel man
Cardiss Col ins
Elizabeth Holtzman
Helen Stevenson
Meyner
Senate
Maryon P. Al enb
Muriel Humphreyb

94th Congress (1975-1976)
House
Bel a S. Abzug
Cardiss Col ins
Elizabeth Holtzman
Helen Stevenson
Virginia Smith
Corinne C. (Lindy) Boggs Mil icent Fenwick
Barbara C. Jordan
Meyner
Gladys Noon
Yvonne Brathwaite
Margaret M.
Martha Elizabeth
Patsy T. Mink
Spel man
Burke
Heckler
Keys
Shirley N. Pettis
Leonor Kretzer
Shirley Anita Chisholm
Marjorie S. Holt
Marilyn Lloyd
Patricia S. Schroeder
Sul ivan
Senate
None

93rd Congress (1973-1974)
House
Bel a S. Abzug
Cardiss Col insb
Martha Wright
Marjorie S. Holt
Patsy T. Mink
Corinne C. (Lindy)
El a T. Grasso
Griffiths
Elizabeth Holtzman
Patricia S. Schroeder
Boggsb
Edith Green
Julia Butler Hansen
Barbara C. Jordan
Leonor Kretzer
Yvonne Brathwaite
Margaret M.
Sul ivan
Burke
Heckler
Shirley Anita Chisholm
Senate
None

92nd Congress (1971-1972)
House
Bel a S. Abzug
Florence Price
Martha Wright
Louise Day Hicks
Charlotte
Elizabeth B. Andrewsb
Dwyer
Griffiths
Patsy T. Mink
Thompson Reid
Shirley Anita Chisholm
El a T. Grasso
Julia Butler Hansen
Leonor Kretzer
Edith Green
Margaret M.
Sul ivan
Heckler
Senate
Elaine Edwardsb
Margaret Chase

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91st Congress (1969-1970)
House
Shirley Anita Chisholm
Edith Green
Julia Butler Hansen
Catherine Dean
Charlotte
Florence Price Dwyer
Martha Wright
Margaret M.
May
Thompson Reid
Griffiths
Heckler
Patsy T. Mink
Leonor Kretzer
Sul ivan
Senate
Margaret Chase Smith

90th Congress (1967-1968)
House
Frances Payne Bolton
Martha Wright
Margaret M.
Catherine Dean
Charlotte
Florence Price Dwyer
Griffiths
Heckler
May
Thompson Reid
Edith Green
Julia Butler Hansen
Edna Flannery Kel y
Patsy T. Mink
Leonor Kretzer
Sul ivan
Senate
Margaret Chase Smith

89th Congress (1965-1966)
House
Frances Payne Bolton
Martha Wright
Edna Flannery Kel y
Patsy T. Mink
Leonor Kretzer
Florence Price Dwyer
Griffiths
Catherine Dean
Charlotte
Sul ivan
Edith Green
Julia Butler Hansen
May
Thompson Reid
Lera Mil ard Thomasb
Senate
Maurine Neuberger
Margaret Chase

Smith
88th Congress (1963-1964)
House
Irene Bailey Bakerb
Edith Green
Maude Elizabeth
Catherine Dean
Katharine Price St.
Frances Payne Bolton
Martha Wright
Kee
May
George
Florence Price Dwyer
Griffiths
Edna Flannery Kel y
Charlotte
Leonor Kretzer
Julia Butler Hansen
Thompson Reid
Sul ivan
Senate
Maurine Neuberger
Margaret Chase

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87th Congress (1961-1962)
House
Iris Faircloth Blitch
Kathryn Elizabeth
Maude Elizabeth
Gracie Bowers Pfost
Katharine Price St.
Frances Payne Bolton
Granahan
Kee
Louise Goff Reeceb
George
Marguerite Stitt
Edith Green
Edna Flannery Kel y
Corrine Boyd Rileyb
Leonor Kretzer
Church
Martha Wright
Catherine Dean
Sul ivan
Florence Price Dwyer
Griffiths
May
Jessica McCul ough
Julia Butler Hansen
Catherine Dorris
Weis
Norrel b
Senate
Maurine Neuberger
Margaret Chase

Smith
86th Congress (1959-1960)
House
Iris Faircloth Blitch
Kathryn Elizabeth
Maude Elizabeth
Gracie Bowers Pfost
Edna Oakes
Frances Payne Bolton
Granahan
Kee
Edith Nourse
Simpson
Marguerite Stitt
Edith Green
Edna Flannery Kel y
Rogers
Leonor Kretzer
Church
Martha Wright
Catherine Dean
Katharine Price St.
Sul ivan
Florence Price Dwyer
Griffiths
May
George
Jessica McCul ough
Julia Butler Hansen
Weis
Senate
Maurine Neuberger
Margaret Chase

Smith
85th Congress (1957-1958)
House
Iris Faircloth Blitch
Florence Price
Martha Wright
Edna Flannery Kel y
Edith Nourse
Frances Payne Bolton
Dwyer
Griffiths
Coya Gjesdal
Rogers
Marguerite Stitt
Kathryn Elizabeth
Cecil Murray
Knutson
Katharine Price St.
Church
Granahan
Harden
Gracie Bowers Pfost
George
Edith Green
Maude Elizabeth
Leonor Kretzer
Kee
Sul ivan
Senate
Margaret Chase Smith

84th Congress (1955-1956)
House
Iris Faircloth Blitch
Mary Elizabeth
Cecil Murray
Coya Gjesdal
Katharine Price St.
Frances Payne Bolton
Farrington
Harden
Knutson
George
Vera Daerr Buchanan
Kathryn Elizabeth
Maude Elizabeth
Gracie Bowers Pfost
Leonor Kretzer
Granahanb
Kee
Sul ivan
Marguerite Stitt
Edith Nourse
Church
Edith Green
Edna Flannery Kel y
Rogers
Ruth Thompson
Martha Wright
Griffiths
Senate
Margaret Chase Smith

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83rd Congress (1953-1954)
House
Frances Payne Bolton
Mary Elizabeth
Edna Flannery Kel y
Edith Nourse
Leonor Kretzer
Vera Daerr Buchanan
Farringtonb
Gracie Bowers Pfost
Rogers
Sul ivan
Marguerite Stitt
Cecil Murray
Katharine Price St.
Ruth Thompson
Church
Harden
George
Maude Elizabeth Kee
Senate
Hazel Hempel Abeld
Eva Kel y Bowringd
Margaret Chase

Smith
82nd Congress (1951-1952)
House
Frances Payne Bolton
Vera Daerr
Cecil Murray
Edna Flannery Kel y
Katharine Price St.
Reva Zilpha Beck
Buchananb
Harden
Edith Nourse
George
Bosone
Marguerite Stitt
Maude Elizabeth
Rogers
Ruth Thompson
Church
Keeb
Senate
Margaret Chase Smith

81st Congress (1949-1950)
House
Frances Payne Bolton
Helen Gahagan
Edna Flannery Kel yb
Edith Nourse
Chase Going
Reva Zilpha Beck
Douglas
Mary Teresa Norton
Rogers
Woodhouse
Bosone
Cecil Murray
Katharine Price St.
Harden
George
Senate
Margaret Chase Smith

80th Congress (1947-1948)
House
Frances Payne Bolton
Georgia Lee Lusk
Edith Nourse
Katharine Price St.
Margaret Chase
Helen Gahagan
Mary Teresa Norton
Rogers
George
Smith
Douglas
Senate
Vera Bushfieldb

79th Congress (1945-1946)
House
Frances Payne Bolton
Clare Boothe Luce
Mary Teresa Norton
Edith Nourse
Jessie Sumner
Emily Taft Douglas
Helen Douglas
Eliza Jane Prattb
Rogers
Chase Going
Helen Gahagan
Mankinb
Margaret Chase
Woodhouse
Douglas
Smith
Senate
None

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78th Congress (1943-1944)
House
Frances Payne Bolton
Clare Boothe Luce
Edith Nourse
Winifred Claire
Jessie Sumner
Wil a Lybrand Fulmerb
Mary Teresa Norton
Rogers
Stanley
Margaret Chase
Smith
Senate
None

77th Congress (1941-1942)
House
Veronica Grace Bolandb
Katharine Edgar
Caroline Love O’Day
Edith Nourse
Jessie Sumner
Frances Payne Bolton
Byronb
Jeannette Rankin
Rogers
Mary Teresa Norton
Margaret Chase
Smith
Senate
Hattie W. Caraway

76th Congress (1939-1940)
House
Frances Payne Boltonb Clara Gooding
Caroline Love O’Day
Margaret Chase
Jessie Sumner
Florence Revil e Gibbsb
McMil anb
Edith Nourse
Smithb
Mary Teresa Norton
Rogers
Senate
Hattie W. Caraway

75th Congress (1937-1938)
House
Elizabeth Hawley
Virginia El is Jenckes
Mary Teresa Norton
Caroline Love O’Day
Edith Nourse
Gasque e
Rogers
Nan Wood Honeyman
Senate
Hattie W. Caraway
Dixie B. Gravesb
Gladys Pylee

74th Congress (1935-1936)
House
Isabel a Selmes
Florence Prag Kahn
Mary Teresa Norton
Caroline Love O’Day
Edith Nourse
Greenway
Rogers
Virginia El is Jenckes
Senate
Hattie W. Caraway
Rose M. Longb

73rd Congress (1933-1934)
House
Marian Wil iams
Virginia El is Jenckes
Kathryn O’Loughlin
Mary Teresa Norton
Edith Nourse
Clarkeb
Florence Prag Kahn
McCarthy
Rogers
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Isabel a Selmes
Greenwayb
Senate
Hattie W. Caraway

72nd Congress (1931-1932)
House
Wil a McCord Eslickb
Mary Teresa Norton
Ruth Sears Pratt
Edith Nourse
Effiegene Locke
Florence Prag Kahn
Ruth Bryan Owen
Rogers
Wingo
Senate
Hattie W. Carawayb

71st Congress (1929-1930)
House
Florence Prag Kahn
Ruth Hanna
Pearl Peden Oldfield
Ruth Sears Pratt
Effiegene Locke
Katherine Gudger
McCormick
Ruth Bryan Owen
Edith Nourse
Wingo
Langley
Mary Teresa Norton
Rogers
Senate
None

70th Congress (1927-1928)
House
Florence Prag Kahn
Katherine Gudger
Mary Teresa Norton
Pearl Peden Oldfieldb
Edith Nourse
Langley
Rogers
Senate
None

69th Congress (1925-1926)
House
Florence Prag Kahnb
Mary Teresa Norton
Edith Nourse

Rogersb
Senate
None

68th Congress (1923-1924)
House
Mae El a Nolan

Senate
None

67th Congress (1921-1922)
House
Winnifred Mason
Mae El a Nolanb
Alice Mary

Huckb
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Senate
Rebecca Felton f

66th Congress (1919-1920)
House
None

Senate
None

65th Congress (1917-1918)
House
Jeannette Rankin

Senate
None

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-Present, http://bioguide.congress.gov.
Notes: Names of Democratic Representatives and Senators in Italics; Republicans in Roman.
Prior to the adoption of the Twentieth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, effective Oct. 15, 1933, the terms
of Representatives and Senators began on March 4, in conformance with a resolution of the Continental
Congress implementing the Constitution (adopted Sept. 13, 1788). The Twentieth Amendment provides inter
alia that the terms of Representatives and Senators shal commence at noon on Jan. 3, in the year fol owing their
election. The first Congress affected by the Twentieth Amendment was the 74 th (1935-1937). Since 1934, the
first session of a Congress convenes on Jan. 3 of odd-numbered years and adjourned on Jan. 3 the fol owing odd-
numbered year. For ease of use, this table lists the closing date of each Congress as an even -numbered year. For
more information, see http://www.senate.gov/reference/Sessions/sessionDates.htm.
a. Moved from House to the Senate during this Congress. See biographical information in the Alphabetical
Listing section for additional information.
b. Member did not serve the entire Congress. See biographical information in the Alphabetical Listing section
for additional information.
c. Gladys Spel man was elected also to the 97th Congress, but was unable to be sworn in because of a disability
and her seat was declared vacant on Feb. 24, 1981.
d. Eva Bowring was appointed to serve until a successor was elected to fil the vacancy caused by the death of
Dwight Griswold. Hazel Abel was elected to fil that vacancy.
e. Was elected but not sworn in since chamber was out of session. See biographical information in the
Alphabetical Listing section for additional information.
f.
Appointed to fil a vacancy at the end of the 67th Congress, and served for one day.
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Table 2. Women in Congress, 65th-116th Congresses, by State or Territory
Representatives, unless denoted as Senators (S), Delegates (D), Resident Commissioner (RC), or as
having served in both chambers (B). Names of Democratic Representatives and Senators in Italics;
Republicans in Roman.
California (42)
Nanette Diaz Barrágan
Janice Hahn
Laura Richardson
Karen Bass
Jane Harman
Lucil e Roybal-Al ard
Mary Bono Mack
Kamala Harris (S)
Linda Sánchez
Barbara Boxer (B)
Katie Hil
Loretta Sanchez
Yvonne Brathwaite Burke
Florence Prag Kahn
Andrea Seastrand
Julia Brownley
Barbara Lee
Lynn Schenk
Sala Burton
Zoe Lofgren
Hilda Solis
Lois Capps
Doris O. Matsui
Jackie Speier
Judy Chu
Juanita Mil ender-McDonald
El en Tauscher
Susan Davis
Grace Napolitano
Norma J. Torres
Helen Gahagan Douglas
Gloria Negrete McLeod
Mimi Walters
Anna G. Eshoo
Mae El a Nolan
Maxine Waters
Bobbi Fiedler
Nancy Pelosi
Diane Watson
Dianne Feinstein (S)
Shirley N. Pettis
Lynn Woolsey
Katie Porter
New York (29)
Bel a S. Abzug
Kathy Hochul
Caroline Love Goodwin O’Day
Anne Marie Buerkle
Elizabeth Holtzman
Ruth Sears Baker Pratt
Shirley Anita Chisholm
Edna Flannery Kel y
Katharine Price St. George
Yvette Clarke
Sue Kel y
Kathleen M. Rice
Marian Wil iams Clarke
Nita Lowey
Louise Slaughter
Hil ary Rodham Clinton (S)
Carolyn Maloney
Winifred Claire Stanley
Geraldine Ann Ferraro
Carolyn McCarthy
Elise M. Stefanik
Kirsten Gil ibrand (B)
Grace Meng
Claudia Tenney
Nan Hayworth
Susan Molinari
Jessica McCul ough Weis
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Nydia Velázquez
Florida (20)
Sandy Adams
Louise Frankel
Stephanie Murphy
Corrine Brown
Gwen Graham
Ruth Bryan Owen
Ginny Brown-Waite
Katherine Harris
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
Kathy Castor
Paula Hawkins (S)
Donna Shalala
Val Demings
Suzanne Kosmas
Karen Thurman
Til ie Fowler
Carrie Meek
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Mucarsel-Powel
Frederica Wilson
Illinois (18)
Melissa L. Bean
Tammy Duckworth (B)
Carol Moseley-Braun (S)
Judy Biggert
Debbie Halvorson
Charlotte Thompson Reid
Cheri Bustos
Winnifred Sprague Huck
Jan Schakowsky
Marguerite Stitt Church
Robin Kel y
Edna Oakes Simpson
Cardiss Col ins
Lynn Martin
Jessie Sumner
Emily Taft Douglas
Ruth Hanna McCormick
Lauren Underwood
Michigan (13)
Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick
Elissa Slotkin
Barbara-Rose Col ins
Brenda L. Lawrence
Debbie Stabenow (B)
Debbie Dingel
Candice Mil er
Haley Stevens
Martha Wright Griffiths
Lynn Rivers
Ruth Thompson
Brenda Jones

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Washington (12)
Maria Cantwel (B)
Jamie Herrera Beutler
Patty Murray (S)
Suzan DelBene
Pramila Jayapal
Kim Schrier
Jennifer Dunn
Catherine Dean May
Linda Smith
Julia Butler Hansen
Cathy McMorris Rogers
Jolene Unsoeld
Ohio (11)
Jean Ashbrook
Stephanie Tubbs Jones
Deborah Pryce
Joyce Beatty
Marcy Kaptur
Jean Schmidt
Frances Payne Bolton
Mary Jo Kilroy
Betty Sutton
Marcia L. Fudge
Mary Rose Oakar
Pennsylvania (11)
Veronica Grace Boland
Madeleine Dean
Mary Gay Scanlon
Vera Daerr Buchanan
Kathryn Granahan
Al yson Y. Schwartz
Kathy Dahlkemper
Melissa Hart
Susan Wild
Marjorie Margolis-Mezvinsky
Chrissy Houlihan
Texas (10)
Shel ey Sekula Gibbs
Veronica Escobar
Eddie Bernice Johnson
Lera Mil ard Thomas
Kay Granger
Barbara C. Jordan
Kay Bailey Hutchison (S)
Sheila Jackson Lee
Lizzie Fletcher
Sylvia Garcia
Missouri (9)
Jean Carnahan (S)
Vicky Hartzler
Claire McCaskill (S)
Pat Danner
Joan Kel y Horn
Leonor Kretzer Sul ivan
Jo Ann Emerson
Karen McCarthy
Anne Wagner

Georgia (9)

Iris Faircloth Blitch
Rebecca Latimer Felton (S)
Karen Handel
Helen Douglas Mankin
Florence Revil e Gibbs
Kel y Loeffler (S)
Lucy McBath

Denise Majette
Cynthia McKinney
Maryland (8)
Helen Delich Bentley
Donna Edwards
Constance A. Morel a
Beverly Barton Byron
Marjorie S. Holt
Gladys Noon Spel man
Katharine Edgar Byron
Barbara Ann Mikulski (B)
North Carolina (8)
Alma S. Adams
Renee El mers
Sue Myrick
Eva Clayton
Virginia Foxx
Eliza Jane Pratt
Elizabeth Dole (S)
Kay Hagan (S)
Minnesota (8)
Michele Bachmann
Muriel Buck Humphrey (S)
Coya Gjesdal Knutson
Betty McCol um
Amy Klobuchar (S)
Ilhan Omar
Angie Craig

Tina Smith (S)
Massachusetts (8)
Katherine M. Clark
Louise Day Hicks
Lori Trahan
Margaret M. Heckler
Ayanna Pressley
Niki Tsongas
Edith Nourse Rogers
Elizabeth Warren (S)
Kansas (8)
Nancy Boyda
Lynn Jenkins
Kathryn O. McCarthy
Sharice Davids
Nancy Landon Kassebaum (S)
Jan Meyer
Sheila Frahm (S)
Martha Elizabeth Keys
Connecticut (8)
Rosa DeLauro
Nancy L. Johnson
Clare Boothe Luce
Elizabeth Esty
Barbara Bailey Kennel y
Chase Going Woodhouse
El a T. Grasso
Jahana Hayes
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New Jersey (7)
Florence Prince Dwyer
Helen Stevenson Meyner
Marge Scafati Roukema
Mil icent Fenwick
Mary Teresa Norton
Mikie Sherril

Bonnie Watson Coleman

Indiana (7)
Susan Brooks
Cecil Murray Harden
Jil Long
Julia Carson
Virginia El is Jenckes
Jackie Walorski
Katie Hal
Arizona (7)
Karen English
Isabel a Selmes Greenway
Martha McSal y (B)
Gabriel e Giffords
Ann Kirkpatrick
Kyrsten Sinema (B)
Debbie Lesko
Virginia (7)
Leslie Byrne
Jo Ann Davis
Elaine Luria
Barbara Comstock
Thelma Drake
Abigail Spanberger

Jennifer Wexton
Tennessee (6)
Irene Bailey Baker
Marsha Blackburn (B)
Wil a McCord Eslick
Diane Black
Marilyn Lloyd
Louise Goff Reece
Oregon (6)
Suzanne Bonamici
Edith Green
Darlene Hooley
Elizabeth Furse
Nan Wood Honeyman
Maurine Brown Neuberger (S)
Hawaii (6)
Mary Elizabeth Farrington (D)
Col een Hanabusa
Patsy Takemoto Mink
Tulsi Gabbard
Mazie Hirono (B)
Patricia Saiki
Nevada (6)
Shel ey Berkley
Jacky Rosen (B)
Barbara Vucanovich
Catherine Cortez Masto (S)
Dina Titus
Susie Lee
Alabama (5)
Maryon Pittman Al en (S)
Dixie Bibb Graves (S)
Terri Sewel
Elizabeth B. Andrews
Martha Roby
Arkansas (5)
Hattie Wyatt Caraway (S)
Catherine Dorris Norrel
Effiegene Locke Wingo
Blanche Lambert Lincoln (B)
Pearl Peden Oldfield
Louisiana (5)
Corinne C. (Lindy) Boggs
Mary Landrieu (S)
Cathy Long
Elaine Edwards (S)
Rose McConnel Long (S)
New Mexico (5)
Georgia Lee Lusk
Michel e Lujan Grisham
Xochitl Torres Smal
Deb Haaland
Heather Wilson
New Hampshire (5)
Kel y Ayotte (S)
Ann McLane Kuster
Jeanne Shaheen (S)
Maggie Hassan (S)
Carol Shea-Porter
South Carolina (5)
Wil a Lybrand Fulmer
Clara Gooding McMil an
Corrine Boyd Riley
Elizabeth Hawley Gasquea
Elizabeth Patterson
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Colorado (4)
Diana DeGette
Marilyn Musgrave
Patricia S. Schroeder
Betsy Markey
Maine (4)
Susan M. Col ins (S)
Margaret Chase Smith (B)
Olympia J. Snowe (B)
Chel ie Pingree
South Dakota (4)
Vera Calahan Bushfield (S)
Gladys Pyle (S)a
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin
Kristi Noem
Nebraska (4)
Hazel Hempel Abel (S)
Deb Fischer (S)
Virginia Smith
Eva Kel y Bowring (S)
Utah (4)
Reva Zilpha Beck Bosone
Karen Shepherd
Enid Greene Waldholtz
Mia Love
Oklahoma (3)
Mary Fal in
Alice Mary Robertson
Kendra Horn
West Virginia (3)
Shel ey Moore Capito (B)
Maude Elizabeth Kee
Carol Mil er
Wyoming (3)
Liz Cheney
Barbara Cubin
Cynthia Lummis
Iowa (3)
Joni Ernst (S)
Cynthia Axne
Abby Finkenauer
Idaho (2)
Helen Chenoweth
Gracie Bowers Pfost

Kentucky (2)
Katherine Gudger Langley
Anne M. Northup

Wisconsin (2)
Tammy Baldwin (B)
Gwen Moore

North Dakota (2)
Jocelyn Burdick (S)
Heidi Heitkamp (S)

Virgin Islands (2)
Donna Christensen (D)
Stacey Plaskett (D)

District of Columbia (1)
Eleanor Holmes Norton (D)

Rhode Island (1)
Claudine Cmarada Schneider

Montana (1)
Jeannette Rankin

Alaska (1)
Lisa Murkowski (S)

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Guam (1)
Madeleine Bordal o (D)

American Samoa (1)
Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen

(D)
Delaware (1)
Lisa Blunt Rochester

Puerto Rico (1)
Jenniffer González-Colón (RC)

Mississippi (1)
Cindy Hyde-Smith (S)

No women sent to Congress (1 state and 1 territory)
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
Vermont
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-present, http://bioguide.congress.gov.
Notes: Names of Democratic Representatives and Senators in Italics; Republicans in Roman.
a. Was elected but not sworn in since chamber was out of session. See biographical information in the
Alphabetical Listing section for additional information.
Table 3. Total Number of Women in Each Congress: 1917-2020
(Including any Representatives (Reps), Delegates (Del), and Resident Commissioners (RC)
Who Served Only a Portion of the Congress)
House
Nonvoting
Subtotal
Total
Total
Members
(Reps and
without
with
(Del. and
Nonvoting
Nonvoting
Nonvoting
Congress
Reps.
RC)
Members)
Sens.
Members
Members
65th (1917-1918)
1
0
1
0
1
1
66th (1919-1920)
0
0
0
0
0
0
67th (1921-1922)a
3
0
3
1
4
4
68th (1923-1924)
1
0
1
0
1
1
69th (1925-1926)b
3
0
3
0
3
3
70th (1927-1928)c
5
0
5
0
5
5
71st (1929-1930)
9
0
9
0
9
9
72nd (1931-1932)d
7
0
7
1
8
8
73rd (1933-1934)
7
0
7
1
8
8
74th (1935-1936)
6
0
6
2
8
8
75th (1937-1938)e
6
0
6
3
9
9
76th (1939-1940)f
8
0
8
1
9
9
77th (1941-1942)b
9
0
9
1
10
10
78th (1943-1944)c
8
0
8
1
9
9
79th (1945-1946)b
11
0
11
0
11
11
80th (1947-1948)g
7
0
7
1
8
8
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House
Nonvoting
Subtotal
Total
Total
Members
(Reps and
without
with
(Del. and
Nonvoting
Nonvoting
Nonvoting
Congress
Reps.
RC)
Members)
Sens.
Members
Members
81st (1949-1950)c
9
0
9
1
10
10
82nd (1951-1952)b
10
0
10
1
11
11
83rd (1953-1954)h
11
1
12
3
14
15
84th (1955-1956)c
16
1
17
1
17
18
85th (1957-1958)
15
0
15
1
16
16
86th (1959-1960)i
17
0
17
2
19
19
87th (1961-1962)j
18
0
18
2
20
20
88th (1963-1964)c
12
0
12
2
14
14
89th (1965-1966)
11
0
11
2
13
13
90th (1967-1968)
11
0
11
1
12
12
91st (1969-1970)
10
0
10
1
11
11
92nd (1971-1972)k
13
0
13
2
15
15
93rd (1973-1974)b
16
0
16
0
16
16
94th (1975-1976)
19
0
19
0
19
19
95th (1977-1978)l
18
0
18
3
21
21
96th (1979-1980)m
16
0
16
2
18
18
97th (1981-1982)n
21
0
21
2
23
23
98th (1983-1984)c
22
0
22
2
24
24
99th (1985-1986)c
23
0
23
2
25
25
100th (1987-1988)o
24
0
24
2
26
26
101st (1989-1990)p
29
0
29
2
31
31
102nd (1991-1992)q
29
1
30
4
33
34
103rd (1993-1994)r
47
1
48
7
54
55
104th (1995-1996)k
49
1
50
9
58
59
105th (1997-1998)s
55
2
57
9
64
66
106th (1999-2000)
56
2
58
9
65
67
107th (2001-2002)t
60
2
62
14
74
76
108th (2003-2004)c
60
3
63
14
74
77
109th (2005-2006)u
68
3
71
14
82
85
110th (2007-2008)v
76
3
79
16
92
95
111th (2009-2010)w
76
3
79
17
93
96
112th (2011-2012)a
76
3
79
17
93
96
113th (2013-2014)y
81
3
84
20
101
104
114th (2015-2016)z
85
4
89
20
105
109
115th (2017-2018)aa
88
5
93
23
111
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House
Nonvoting
Subtotal
Total
Total
Members
(Reps and
without
with
(Del. and
Nonvoting
Nonvoting
Nonvoting
Congress
Reps.
RC)
Members)
Sens.
Members
Members
116th (2019-2020)bb
101
4
105
26
127
131
Source: CRS summary, based on http://history.house.gov/Exhibition-and-Publications/WIC/Women-in-
Congress/.
Notes: The column headings include the fol owing abbreviations: Representatives (Reps.), Delegates (Del.),
Resident Commissioners (RC), and Senators (Sens.).
Three columns include numbers for the House: (1) the number of women Representatives, (2) the number of
women nonvoting Members (including Delegates and Resident Commissioners), and (3) the total number of
women in the House.
Totals are also provided for (1) the number of women in the House and Senate not including nonvoting
Members and (2) the number of women in the House and Senate including nonvoting Members.
For simplification, Congresses are listed in two-year increments. Pursuant to the 20th Amendment to the
Constitution, which was ratified January 23, 1933, “the terms of Senators and Representatives [shal end] at noon
on the 3rd day of Jan.” For specific dates, see “Dates of Sessions of the Congress, present-1789,” at
http://www.senate.gov/reference/Sessions/sessionDates.htm.
a. Includes two House Members who were elected to fil a vacancy and one Senator who was appointed to fil
a vacancy.
b. Includes two House Members who were elected to fil a vacancy.
c. Includes one House Member who was elected to fil a vacancy.
d. Includes one House Member who was elected to fil a vacancy and one Senator who was appointed to fil a
vacancy.
e. Includes one House Member who was elected to fil a vacancy but not sworn in, one Senator who was
elected to fil a vacancy but not sworn in, and one Senator who was appointed to fil a vacancy.
f.
Includes four House Members who were elected to fil a vacancy.
g. Includes one Senator who was appointed to fil a vacancy.
h. Includes one House Member who was elected to fil a vacancy, one Senator who was appointed to fil a
vacancy, and one Senator who was elected to fil that vacancy.
i.
Includes one House Member who died and one House Member elected to fil a vacancy.
j.
Includes three House Members who were elected to fil a vacancy.
k. Includes one House Member who was elected to fil a vacancy and one Senator appointed to fill a vacancy.
l.
Includes two Senators who were appointed to fil a vacancy.
m. Includes one House Member-elect whose seat was declared vacant due to an incapacitating il ness, and one
House member who was elected to fil a vacancy.
n. Includes three House Members who were elected to a vacancy.
o. Includes one House Member who died.
p. Includes four House Members who were elected to fil a vacancy.
q. Includes one House Member and one Senator elected to fil a vacancy and one Senator who was appointed
to fil a vacancy.
r. Includes one Senator who was elected to fil a vacancy.
s. Includes one House Member who resigned and four House Members who were elected to fil a vacancy.
t.
Includes one House Member who died and one House Member who was elected to fil a vacancy and two
appointed Senators.
u. Includes three House Members who were elected to fil a vacancy.
v. Includes four House Members who died and five House Members who were elected to fil a vacancy.
w. Includes two House Members who resigned, one House Member who was elected to fil a vacancy, one
Senator who resigned, and one Senator initial y elected to the House and then appointed to the Senate.
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x. Includes two House Members who resigned and four House Members who were elected to fil a vacancy.
y. Includes one House Member who resigned and three House Members who were elected to fil a vacancy.
z. Includes two House Members who resigned and one House Member who was elected to fil a vacancy.
aa. Includes five House Members elected to fil a vacancy, one House Member who died, one House Member
who resigned, and two Senators appointed to fil a vacancy.
bb. Includes one House Member who resigned and one Senator appointed to fil a vacancy.

Author Information

Jennifer E. Manning
Ida A. Brudnick
Senior Research Librarian
Specialist on the Congress

Acknowledgments
Linda Carter, Mabel Gracias, Elli Ludwigson, and Cara Warner provided assistance. Colleen J. Shogan,
former Deputy Director and Senior Specialist, and Susan Navarro Smelcer, formerly an Analyst on the
Federal Judiciary, were former coauthors of this report.

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